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.
A Yakovlev Yak-3 of the type operated by the regiment
A MiG-29 of the type operated by the regiment
A Moldovan Air Force MiG-29UB training aircraft of the brigade being prepared for shipment to the United States, 1997
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The 5th Air Army was an air army of the Soviet Air Forces and later the Ukrainian Air Force. First formed in 1942 during World War II, the army provided air support to Soviet forces through the rest o
86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
…transferred with the 119th IAD to Mărculești air base in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, where the division became part of the 48th Air Army (the 5th Air Army from 1968). Between 1954 and 1955, the regiment converted to newer Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 fighters, and in 1964 received the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF…
Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft, 1943, of the type used by assault units in the army