689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (in Russian: 689-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк) is a fighter aviation regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces today and originally of the Soviet Air Forces, which was formed at Kanatove (air base) in Kirovograd (Ukrainian SSR) and named originally 55th Fighter Aviation Regiment (in Russian: 55-й истребительный авиационный полк), abbreviated: 55th IAP (in Russian: 55-й ИАП) as initially part of the Red Army.

Aircraft Operated

• Yakovlev Yak-1
• Yakovlev Yak-9
• MiG-15
• MiG-21
• MiG-23
• Sukhoi Su-27
• Sukhoi Su-27SM
• Sukhoi Su-35S

Notable members

• Ivan Kozhedub, triple Hero of the Soviet Union and the highest-scoring Allied ace of World War II, commanded a squadron within the regiment.
• Alexander Pokryshkin
• Grigory Rechkalov

See also

• Russian Aerospace Forces
• 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
• List of Soviet Air Force regiments

References

• 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment – ww2.dk
• Russian Wikipedia article (in Russian)

Further reading

• All Stalin's Fighter Regiments. Moscow: Polygon Press. (In Russian) [Original reference: «Все иап Сталина», p. 43]
• Zhvansky, S. R. (2009). The Legendary Regiment: An Unfinished History of the 55th IAP – 16th Guards IAP – 689th Guards IAP. Moscow: Polygon-Press. . 200 pages. (In Russian)
• Karpovich, V. (2007). On "Ishaks" and "MiGs": The 16th Guards in the Early War. Moscow: Eksmo, Yauza. . 464 pages. Series: *In Aerial Battles*. (In Russian)
• Zhukov, Yu. A. (1979). One "MiG" out of a Thousand. Moscow: DOSAAF. (In Russian)
• Isaev, N. V. (1984). We Brought That Day Closer As Best We Could. Edited by Roza Viktorovna Konyshova. Lviv: Kameniar. (In Russian)

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