Active 1943-present Garrison/HQ Ukrainka | Role Strategic bombing | |
Country Soviet Union (1943-1991) Russia (1992-present) Branch Soviet Air Force (1943-1991)Russian Air Force (1992-present) Type Bomber Aviation division Similar 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, 149th Mixed Aviation Division, 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | ||
326th Tarnopolsky Order of Kutuzov Heavy Bomber Air Division (326 TBAD) - was an Aviation Division of the Long Range Aviation of Russia. Most recently it was included in the 37th Air Army of the Supreme High Command. It was originally formed as the 326th Night Bomber Aviation Division, formed at Yegoryevsk in Moscow Oblast on 10 October 1943. On 23 June 1944, it was renamed the 326th Bomber Aviation Division.
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History
In 1945, it had three regiments of Tupolev Tu-2 bombers. 12th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment was briefly part of the division in 1959-60 at Ostrov, Pskov Oblast, while flying Tu-16s.
Components in 1990 according to Michael Holm:
Headquarters were located at:
From 1987 to 1991, Dzhokhar Dudayev, who later became a president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, was the commander of the division.
In 1991, the division was part of the 30th Air Army. In the division were:
The division's dispersal airfields included Ugolny Airport near Anadyr, Magadan airport, and Tiksi.
Composition
The command of the division was at the Ukrainka airbase in the Far East.
The composition of the division included:
In 2007-2009, the 444th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment was disbanded and the Vozdvizhenka air base is now abandoned. Many of the Tu-22M3s remain at the airbase, but stripped of usable parts.