54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment(1943–1960) 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO(1960–1992) 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment(1992–2002) 3958th Air Base(2002–2005) 3958th Guards Air Base(2005–2011) The 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Russian: 54-й гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк (54 GIAP); Military Unit Number 06931)[1] was an aviation regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II and the Cold War, which became part of the Soviet Air Defense Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces.

It began the war at Varėna outside Pskov in the Baltic Special Military District as part of the 57th Mixed Aviation Division.

[2] From August 1942 the regiment served in combat with the 220th Fighter Aviation Division.

In 1967, the 54th Guards became one of the first regiments equipped with the Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor, and received the Su-15TM in the late 1970s.

On 1 September 2002, it was reorganized as the 3958th Air Base, part of the 4th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel.