Soviet Air Defence Forces, Western USSR
- 2nd Army of the PVO, HQ Minsk (Feskov et al. 2004 p. 150)
- Krichev. 28 IAP. 38 MiG-25.
- Baranovichi (Brest) 2-4 PVO, 61 IAP. 13 MiG-25, 25 MiG-23
- Machulishchi (Minsk) 2-4 PVO, 201 IAP. 38 MiG-23.
- pol Nizhnim Tagilom (Sverdlovsk). MiG-23. Salka Airport was home to 765 IAP.
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