The Russian Air Force, like the Soviet Air Forces before them, has the aviation regiment as its basic organisational unit. This page will slowly attempt to list all the regiments in Russian Air Force service since May 6, 1992, the date on which Boris Yeltsin decreed the establishment of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Primary initial source for this listing is Piotr Butowski, 'Force Report: Russian Air Force,' Air Forces Monthly, July and August 2007. Other sources included Jane's World Air Forces, Issue 0, March 1996.
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Listings of Guards titles cannot yet be considered definitive; there are no doubt errors and omissions in the table. A significant number of omitted regiments can be seen at [1].
| Regiment | Type | Location | Division /Corps |
Formation | Aircraft | Remarks /Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Guards Instructor Bomber Aviation Regiment | IBAP | Lebyazhye | NA | HQ VVS | Su-24 | Training unit |
| 2nd Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Dzhida | 21st SAD | 14th Air Army | Su-24M;[1] | |
| 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Krymsk | ? | 4th Air Army | Su-27 | Ex 562nd IAP |
| 3rd Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Krzywa, Poland 1961-92 | 149 BAD | 4th Air Army | Briefly at Szprotawa, Poland, early 1992, 4 June 1992, then withdrawn to Lebyazhe, Volgograd Oblast, disbanded 1992[2] | |
| 9th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Kilp-Yavr (Poliarnyi) | ? | 6th Air Army | Su-27; | Ex 941st IAP |
| 11th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | RAP | Marinovka | ? | 4th Air Army | Su-24MR; | 2005 renamed 6972nd Aviation Base |
| 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-VVS | Khalino near Kursk | NA | 16th Air Army | MiG-29 | Moved in 1998 from Zerdevka to Khalino[3] |
| 18th Assault Air Regiment | ShAP | Galyonki | 303th SAD | 11th Air Army | Su-25; | |
| 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Millerovo | NA | 4th Air Army | MiG-29; | |
| 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Centralnaya Uglovaya (Artem) | 23 KPVO | 11th Air Army | Su-27; | |
| 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Dzemgi | 25th DPVO | 11th Air Army | Su-27 | First -27SM unit |
| 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-VVS | Andreapol | NA | 16th Air Army | MiG-29 | Reformed from 33 IAP, withdrawn from Wittstock, GSFG 1994 |
| 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Zernograd | NA | 4th Air Army | MiG-29; | |
| 47th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | RAP | Shatalovo | NA | 16th Air Army | MiG-25 and Su-24MR | Pomerania Red Banner; 1988-93 named 1046th TsBPiPLS |
| 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Shaykovka | 22nd TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-22M3 | |
| 54th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Savasleyka | NA | HQ PVO | Su-27 | Disbanded 2005-06 (Holm: disbanded 2002 and absorbed by 3958 Aviation Base[4]) |
| 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Siverskiy-2 | NA | 6th Air Army | Su-24 | [5] |
| 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Ukrainka | 326th TBAD | 37th Air Army | TU-95MS | |
| 98th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | RAP | Monchegorsk | NA | 6th Air Army | MiG-25RB/U, Su-24MR | [6] |
| 103rd Transport Aviation Regiment | VTAP | Smolensk | NA | 61st Air Army | Il-76 | |
| 110th Transport Aviation Regiment | VTAP | Krechevitsy | NA | 61st Air Army | Il-76 | |
| 117th Transport Aviation Regiment | VTAP | Orenburg | NA | 61st Air Army | Il-76/An-12 | |
| 120th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Domna, 27 km SW Chita | NA | 14th Air Army | MiG-29; | |
| 121st Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Engels-2 | 22nd TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-160 | |
| 138th Independent Mixed Air Regiment | OSAP | Levashevo | NA | 6th Air Army | An-12, An-26, Mi-8, Tu-134; | |
| 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Besovets | NA | 6th Air Army | Su-27; | |
| 160th Training Aviation Regiment | UAP | Borisoglebsk | 786th Training Centre | HQ VVS | Su-27 | |
| 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Monchegorsk | 21st Air Defence Corps | 10th Army PVO | MiG-25, MiG-31 | Печенгский Red Banner named for B.F. Safonov, Disbanded September 1, 2001[7] |
| 176th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-VVS | Mikha Tskhakaya (Senaki), Georgia | ? | 34th Air Army | MiG-29 | Withdrawn to Bagai-Baranovka in 1992 and disbanded[8] |
| 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Lodeynoye Pole | NA | 6th Air Army | Su-27; | |
| 182nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Ukrainka | 326th TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-95MS | |
| 184th Heavy Bomber Aviation regiment | TBAP | Engels-2 | 22nd TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-95MS | |
| 187th Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Chernigovka | 303rd SAD | 11th Air Army | Su-25; | |
| 196th Transport Aviation regiment | VTAP | Migalovo | 12th VTAD | 61st Air Army | Il-76 | |
| 200th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Belaya | 326th TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-22M3/MR | |
| 226th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment | OSAP | Kubinka | NA | KSN | Mi-8, Mi-9, An-12, An-24, An-26, An-30 | |
| 237th Guards Air Technology Demonstration Centre | TsPAT | Kubinka | NA | 16th Air Army | MiG-29, Su-27, Su-27M, L-39C | |
| 257th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment | OSAP | Khabarovsk-Bolshoy | NA | 11th Air Army | An-12, An-26, Mi-8; | |
| 266th Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Step | 21 SAD | 14th Air Army | Su-25; | |
| 274th Aviation Regiment of Fighter-Bombers | APIB | Migalovo | VVS MVO | Su-17 | Disbanded 1993.[9] | |
| 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Khurba | 303 SAD | 11th Air Army | Su-24 | |
| 296th Bomber Air Regiment | BAP | Marinovka | 10 BAD | 4 A VVS i PVO | Su-24 | Disbanded after 2002 |
| 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Verino | 303 SAD | 11th Air Army | Su-24 | |
| 313th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | RAP | Bada | 21 SAD | 14th Air Army | Su-24MR; | |
| 334th Transport Aviation regiment | VTAP | Pskov | NA | 61st Air Army | Il-76 | |
| 343rd Instructional Fighter Aviation Regiment | IIAP | Sennoy | MiG-29 | Disbanded 1998.[10] | ||
| 368th Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Budyonnovsk | NA | 4th Air Army | Su-25 | |
| 444th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Ussuriysk | 326th TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-22M3 | |
| 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Chertovitskoye, Voronezh | 105 SAD | 16th Air Army | Su-24 | |
| 458th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Savatiya (Kotlas) | NA | 6th Air Army | MiG-25U, MiG-31; | |
| 461st Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Krasnodar | NA | 4th Air Army | Su-25 | Partially formed from portion of 80 OShAP withdrawn from Azerbaijan |
| 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Afrikanda | NA | 6th Air Army | Su-27 | Disbanded September 1, 2001[11] |
| 472nd Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Kursk | 7th Division of PVO | Moscow Dist PVO? | MiG-23S | Disbanded May 1, 1998[12] |
| 530th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Sokolovka | 23 PVO | 11th Air Army | MiG-25PU, MiG-31 | |
| 535th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment | OSAP | Rostov on Don | NA | 4th Air Army | Mi-8, An-12 and An-26 | |
| 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Morozovsk | NA | 4th Air Army | Su-24 | |
| 566th Transport Aviation Regiment | VTAP | Seshcha | 12th VTAD | 61st Air Army | Il-76/An-124 | |
| 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Dorokhovo | 32nd KPVO | KSN | Su-27 | |
| 708th Transport Aviation Regiment | VTAP | Taganrog | NA | 61st Air Army | Il-76 | 15.10.09 renamed 798th Guards Kerch Red Banner Military-Transport Aviation Regiment. Awards from the 192nd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment. (Holm) |
| 712th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Kansk | None | 14th Air Army | MiG-25PU, MiG-31 | |
| 722nd Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Smuravyevo | NA | 6th Air Army | Su-24; | |
| 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP | Bolshoye Savino | None | HQ VVS | MiG-25PU, MiG-31 | |
| 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-PVO | Khotilovo | 32 KPVO | KSN | MiG-31, MiG-25U | |
| 799th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment | RAP | Varfolomeyevka | NA | 11th Air Army | Su-24MR, MiG-25RB(?); | |
| 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | TBAP | Soltsy-2 | 22nd TBAD | 37th Air Army | Tu-22M3 | |
| 871st Fighter Aviation Regiment | IAP-VVS | Smolensk | ? | 16th Air Army? | Su-27 | Pomerania Red Banner; Withdrawn from Kolobrezg, Poland, disbanded 1993-8 |
| 899th Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Buturlinovka | 105 SAD | 16th Air Army | Su-25 | |
| 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment | BAP | Yeysk | NA | 4th Air Army | Su-24 and L-39C; | |
| 960th Assault Aviation Regiment | ShAP | Primorsko-Akhtarsk | NA | 4th Air Army | Su-25; |
In December 2003 all aviation assets of the Russian Ground Forces were transferred to the Air Force.
| Regiment | Type | Location | Formation | Aircraft | Remarks /Titles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Vorotynsk | KSN | Mi-24 | Renamed from 336 OVP to 45 OVP 2000 or 2001[13] |
| 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Korenovsk | 4th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 112th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Chita | 14th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 225th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Protasovo near Ryazan | ? | Mi-8/24 | 1998 disbanded and replaced by 865 Heli Reserve Base (BRV)[13] |
| 319th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control | OVP BU | Chernigovka | 11th Air Army | Mi-24 | |
| 325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment | OTBVP | Yegorlykskaya | 4th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-26 | |
| 332nd Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control | OVP BU | Pribylovo | 6th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 337th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Berdsk | 14th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24/Mi-28 | |
| 361st Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Dolinsk-Sokol | 11th Air Army | Mi-8 | |
| 364th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Srednebelaya | 11th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24/Mi-26 | |
| 440th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control | OVP BU | Vyazma | KSN | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control | OVP BU | Budyonnovsk | 4th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 490th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control | OVP BU | Klokovo | KSN | Mi-8/Mi-24 | |
| 793rd Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Kinel | 5th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-26 | |
| 825th Independent Helicopter Regiment | OVP | Garovka | 11th Air Army | Mi-6/Mi-8/Mi-26 | 35th Army[14] |
It should be noted that while the titles of the regiments are translated, the regiment type sort uses the transliterated Russian abbreviation:
Other acronyms include:
The Russian word отдельный can be translated as either 'Independent,' 'Separate' or (rarely) 'Detached'; it designates a unit which is directly subordinate to a formation commander without an intermediate echelon, such as an Aviation Division.[16]
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