Military Unit: 15570
Activated 1.42 as the 617th Night Light Bomber Aviation Regiment.
9.42 renamed 617th Assault Aviation Regiment.
5.2.44 renamed 167th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment.
1956 renamed 167th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO.
Disbanded 1976.
Bases:
?, Yugoslavia, 1945 - 8.45
Tsulukidze, Georgian SSR, 8.45 - 1960 [42 18 25N, 42 22 33E]
Kopitnari, Georgian SSR, 1960 - 1976 [42 10 37N, 42 29 00E]
Aircraft:
R-5, 1942-1842
Il-2, 1941-1945 [to Yugoslavia before returning home]
Il-10, 1945-1955
MiG-15, 1955-1957
MiG-17, 1957-1965
Su-9, 1965-1976
Subordinated:
10th Guards Assault Aviation Division, 2.44 - 1956
118th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 1956 - 6.58
Transcaucasian Air Defence Corps, 6.58 - 4.60
14th Air Defence Corps, 4.60 - 1976