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Soviet Turkestan Military District's
49th Tactical Air Army
in January 1, 1973

By the end of the sixties, the Chinese-Soviet relations hit the bottom. In 1969 the Turkestan Military District was divided into two parts. In the Turkestan Military District, the 49th Tactical Air Army was formed in 1969. From Chirchik airport, the 149th Guard regiment moved to the Chinese border.
Soviet 136th Fighter-Bomber Air regiment’s MiG-17 Fresco-A in Chirchik

In replacement, they received new units from the west:
- In 1967, the 64th independent Reconnaissance Air Squadron arrived from Transcaucasian Military District.
- In 1968, the 217th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment was formed at Kzyl-Arvat airport
- In 1970, the 40th independent Reconnaissance Air Squadron arrived from Kiev Military District.
- In 1971, the 136th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment was formed at Chirchik Airport.


<- Soviet 136th Fighter-Bomber Air regiment’s MiG-17 ‘Fresco-A’ in Chirchik

 
Soviet Air Force 49th Tactical Air Army order of battle in 1973
Soviet Air Force 49th Tactical Air Army order of battle map in 1973

* The 136th regiment received the MiG-21PFM ‘Fishbed-F’ type between 1973 and 1974.
** The 280nd independent Helicopter Regiment replaced Mi-4 ‘Hound’ to Mi-8 ‘Hip’ and Mi-6 ‘Hook’ types in 1973

 

The staff and their families had a hard time here. There was no infrastructure in the cities. Furthermore, criminals from Czar Russia were deported here, resulting in very bad public security.
 
The 115th Fighter Air Regiment’s 1st squadron crew and the 49th Air Army commander Major-General Alexey Anastasovich Mikoyan in front of their MiG-21PFM Fishbed-F at Kokayty in 1974

The 115th Guard Fighter Air Regiment’s 1st squadron crew and the 49th Air Army commander Major-General Alexey Anastasovich Mikoyan in front of their MiG-21PFM ‘Fishbed-F’ at Kokayty in 1974
Soviet reconnaissance air unit crews and their MiG-21R Fishbed-H in Chirchik airport. Photo: Oleg Tamarov

Soviet reconnaissance air unit crews and their MiG-21R ‘Fishbed-H’ in Chirchik airport. Photo: Oleg Tamarov

 

The 115th Guard Fighter Air Regiment’s crew in front of their MiG-15UTI ‘Midget’ trainer at the Kokayty airport in 1974. Photo: Vaycheclav Belousov

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Soviet Turkestan Military District - 49th Tactical Air Army in January 1, 1978

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