Personnel for staffing numbers have grown from parts of the country's air defense fighter aircraft.

Regimentation was completed November 7, 1952, and the unit became part of the 87th Fighter Aviation Division PVO[1] in the Ural region.

On July 5, 1953, the commander of the Air Defense Regiment Ural region was handed the battle-flag section.

On October 1, 1955, one air squadron of the regiment moved to a new full-time organization in connection with its forthcoming rearmament on Yak-25 aircraft.

[2] During mid-1969, half of the regiment was deployed to Zavitinsk as a result of increased tensions with Communist China.