303rd Mixed Aviation Division
Command
The 303rd Mixed Aviation Division is subordinate to the 11th Air Force and Air Defense Army, Eastern Military District, under the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense. Division headquarters is identified as military unit 62231 at Khurba, Komsomolsky District, Khabarovsk Oblast.
Force Structure
The division’s listed subordinate aviation units are the 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment (military unit 78018), 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (77994), 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (77984), and 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment (77983). This gives the division a mixed structure combining assault, fighter/interceptor, and bomber aviation elements.
Aircraft Inventory
Reported aircraft by regiment are: 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment — 24 Su-25SM and 6 Su-25UB; 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment — 12 Su-35S, 2 Su-30SM, 4 Su-30M2, 4 Su-27SM, and 24 MiG-31BSM; 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment — 29 Su-35S, 4 Su-30SM, 2 Su-30M2, 3 Su-27UB, and 1 Su-27UP; 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment — 26 Su-34. Total aircraft listed across the division: 141.
Operational Roles
Observable roles from the listed equipment are ground-attack support via Su-25SM/UB, air superiority and interception via Su-35S, Su-27 variants, and MiG-31BSM, and tactical strike capability via Su-34. The presence of both fighter and bomber regiments indicates a division-level capacity for offensive air operations and air defense support within its command area.
Geographic Distribution
The division headquarters is at Khurba, while subordinate regiments are dispersed across multiple airfields at the provided coordinates. Two regiments are clustered near 50.4–50.6N, 136.9–137.1E, and two are positioned farther south near 43.35–44.33N, 132.06–132.54E. This distribution places division assets across a broad sector of the Russian Far East rather than at a single base.