The 10th Air Army was a unit of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II and the Cold War years.
World War II
The unit was originally formed on
Sakhalin Island
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on August 15, 1942, on the basis of the Air Force of the
25th Army of the
Far Eastern Front
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Early war service
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of the USSR Armed Forces.
In August-early September 1945, the 10th Air Army as part of the
2nd Far Eastern Front, participated in the
Sungari Offensive Operation, during which it covered the units of the
15th Army,
supported the landing of the Amur Flotilla in the city of
Fuyuan, then the offensive towards
Qiqihar
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. The efforts of the 18th Corps disrupted the enemy's rail traffic.
A number of the Army's formations performed combat missions during the
Invasion of South Sakhalin and
Invasion of the Kuril Islands. During the period of hostilities, the 10th Air Army carried out about 3297 sorties.
On 3 September 1945 it included:
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* 18th Mixed Aviation Corps
**96th Assault Aviation Division
**296th Fighter Aviation Division
**777th Fighter Aviation Regiment
**140th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
**28th Artillery Correction Squadron
* 83rd Bomber Aviation Division
*128th Mixed Aviation Division
*255th Mixed Aviation Division
*253rd Assault Aviation Division
*29th Fighter Aviation Division
*254th Fighter Aviation Division
*7th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
*411th Artillery Correction Regiment
*344th Transport Aviation Regiment
Cold War
In July 1948 it was transferred to Vozzhayevka airfield west of Khabarovsk.[AIR AND GROUND ORDER OF BATTLE](_blank)
CIA-RDP82-00457R004100090007-4, Central Intelligence Agency, 1950.
By a directive of 10 January 1949, it became the 29th Air Army.
As of 1950, the army operated airfields at Vozzhayevka, Pozdeyevka (Pozdeevka), Zavitinsk (Zavitaya), and Kuibyshevka.
Commanders
* 27.07.1942 - 16.09.1944 : Major General of Aviation Vasiliy Aleksandrovich Vinogradov.
* 16.09.1944 - 19.05.1945 : Colonel David Yakovlevich Slobozhan.
* 09.05.1945 - 02.04.1946 : Colonel General of Aviation Pavel Fedorovich Zhigarev.
* 25.05.1946 - 12.01.1949 : Lieutenant General of Aviation Nikolay Filippovich Papivin.
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Air armies of the Soviet Air Forces
Air armies of the Red Air Force in World War II
Military units and formations established in 1942
Military units and formations disestablished in 1949
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