The36th Bomber Aviation Division was an aviation division of theSoviet Air Force during the 1980s and early 1990s. It was originally formed in 1984 as a fighter-bomber aviation division. The division became a bomber aviation division four years later and was based in Bolshoye Shiraki in theGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]
In August 1984, the 36th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was activated in Bolshoye Shiraki, part ofTranscaucasian Military District Aviation. It included the34th,168th Guards and976th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiments. In 1988, the division became the 36th Bomber Aviation Division and was subordinated to the34th Air Army. Its regiments were converted into bomber aviation regiments. The 143rd Bomber Aviation Regiment became part of the division in 1989.[2] In 1992, the division was disbanded.[1]
Soviet Union
Divisions of the Soviet Union 1957–1989