764th Fighter Aviation Regiment
| 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment (2016–present) 2nd Aviation Group, 6980th Aviation Base 6977th Aviation Base 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (1952–2009) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1952–present |
| Country | |
| Branch |  Bolshoye Savino Airport |
| Aircraft flown | |
| Mikoyan MiG-31 | |
The 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment (
Bolshoye Savino Airport near Perm
.
History
The 764th Regiment was activated on 15 June 1952 at
MiG-25P. In 1984, the regiment was reequipped with the Mikoyan MiG-31. In November 1990, the regiment was equipped with 38 MiG-31s, according to Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe data. In May 1998, the regiment became part of the 5th Air and Air Defense Forces Army. In 2000, the regiment had 31 MiG-31s and 2 MiG-25s, according to CFE treaty data.[2]
On 1 June 2009, during the reform of the
2nd Air and Air Defense Forces Command. On 1 December 2010, it became the 2nd Aviation Group of the 6980th Aviation Base.[3] The command became the 14th Air and Air Defense Forces Army in August 2015. In 2016, the regiment returned to its original name, though without the PVO designation, receiving its battle flag in December of that year.[4] The 764th received six modernized MiG-31BSMs in early 2017, according to an official Russian military press release, augmenting its pre-existing MiG-31BS and MiG-31DZ aircraft as part of a modernization program to extend the airworthiness of its MiG-31s.[5] As of 2018[update], the regiment included two squadrons of MiG-31s.[6]
Aircraft operated
| From | To | Aircraft | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 1956 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 | |
| 1956 | 1961 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 | |
| 1961 | 1971 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 | MiG-19P |
| 1971 | 1984 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 | MiG-25P |
| 1984 | present | Mikoyan MiG-31 | MiG-31BM/BSM/DZ |
References
Citations
- ^ Dukuchayev, Anatoly (17 May 2002). "Воздушная баталия над Уралом" [Air battle over the Urals]. Nezavisimoye Voyennoye Obozreniye (in Russian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ a b Holm, Michael. "764th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". ww2.dk. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Воздушно-Космические Силы" [Aerospace Forces]. warfare.be (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ "Пермский полк истребителей получит Боевое знамя" [Perm fighter regiment to receive battle flag]. Kommersant (in Russian). 2 December 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ Astakhov, Dmitry (4 April 2017). "За МиГ до обновления" [Old MiGs modernized]. Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 6 October 2018.
- ^ Butowski, Piotr (May 2018). "MiG-31: One of a kind". AirForces Monthly. No. 362. Key Publishing. p. 50.