The 105th Fighter Aviation Division PVO was activated on 15 July 1950 in Kharkov-Sokolniki, and its formation was completed on 1 October. As part of the
16th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, the division included the
296th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO at Kharkov-Sokolniki, and the
497th and
559th Fighter Aviation Regiments PVO at
Kharkov-Osnova. All three regiments were equipped with the
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15. In October 1951 the division became a regular fighter aviation division and was moved to
Großenhain in East Germany. The division became part of the
61st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps there. By 1960, its regiments had been reequipped with the
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17. The 296th was based at
Altenburg, the 497th at Großenhain, and the 559th at
Finsterwalde. In March 1960 the division became a fighter-bomber aviation division. At the same time the
116th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment replaced the 296th. By 1970, the 116th Guards were based at
Brand-Briesen Airfield and the 497th and 559th had converted to the
Sukhoi Su-7B. In May 1980, the division was transferred to the
71st Fighter Aviation Corps. At this time the 497th had been reequipped with the
Sukhoi Su-17M2 and the 559th with the
Mikoyan MiG-27. In April 1988, the division was directly subordinated to the 16th Air Army. The 116th Guards and 497th Bomber Aviation Regiments were replaced by the 296th and
911th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiments in July 1989. In August 1992, the
31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment replaced the 911th. The division was withdrawn from Germany on 10 August 1993 after the end of the Cold War. == Russian Air Force service ==