The division was moved forward to Mongolia for the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, with the regiment based at Point 418 from 18 June.
It was sent to China in 1950 to train People's Liberation Army Air Force pilots on the Il-10, being based in Xuzhou.
From there in 1959, the pilots of the 849th IAP flew new Sukhoi Su-9 interceptors including airframes manufactured at the nearby Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant.
[1] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the 849th IAP became part of the Russian Air Defense Forces.
The regiment received its last group of pilots in 1996 and was disbanded in mid-1998 due to military reductions forced by budget cuts.