The 240th Fighter Aviation Division was a fighter aircraft formation of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II. It saw its most eventful actions during that war, and in 1949 became the 119th Fighte
A Yakovlev Yak-3 of the type operated by the 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
A Mikoyan MiG-29 of the type operated by the 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
The 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was an aviation regiment of the Soviet Air Forces, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the main formation of the Moldovan Air Force.
240th Fighter Aviation Division
…returned to the front with the 240th IAD, which had been transferred to the Leningrad Front's 13th Air Army. The 744th became an elite guards unit, the 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, on 1 May, for its "exemplary fulfillment of combat missions" and for "displaying courage and heroism" in the Siege of Leningrad. From 12 July to 24…
A Moldovan Air Force MiG-29UB training aircraft of the brigade being prepared for shipment to the United States, 1997