The 11th Red Banner Air and Air Defence Forces Army () is a formation of the

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, located in the Russian Far East, whose zone of responsibility covers the

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. The 11th Army Air Force and Air Defense Army was reformed within the Eastern Military District on 14 August 2015. The designation "11" for an aviation formation of this size in the Far East was introduced during the

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. In August 1942 the Air Forces of the

2nd Red Banner Army The 2nd Red Banner Army () was a Soviet field army of World War II that served as part of the Far Eastern Front. The army was formed at Khabarovsk in the Soviet Far East in 1938 as the 2nd Army. After the Far Eastern Front was split in Septembe ...

were redesignated the 11th Air Army. But this formation only last less than two and a half years, because in December 1944 the formation was reduced to the 18th Aviation Corps, which in June 1945 joined the

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. In April 1960 the designation "11" was taken up again by redesignation of the independent Far Eastern Air Defence Army. For decades thus the aviation forces in the area consisted of the

1st Air Army __NOTOC__ The 1st Air Army () was an Air Army in the Soviet Air Force which served during World War II. It was formed on May 10, 1942, within the Soviet Western Front, and renamed the 26th Air Army on January 10, 1949, in the Belorussian Mil ...

of the Air Forces, reformed on 1 July 1957 by merger of two existing armies when the higher command arrangements in the Far East were reorganised, and the 11th Air Defence Army of the

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. In 1998, six years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the two were merged into the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, covering the

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also handed over a regiment of

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on the

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which was included in the new force. The 11th Army of VVS and PVO was disbanded in 2009 by being redesignated the

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. The army was reformed once again in 2015 from the command.

11th Independent Army of the Air Defence Forces

The army traces its lineage back to the formation of the Far Eastern Air Defence Zone on 11 August 1941. The zone was broken up in spring 1945 to form the Priamur and Primorsky Air Defence Armies. Postwar, in October, the Priamur Air Defense Army was renamed the Far Eastern Air Defence Army, and soon reorganized as the Far Eastern Air Defense District (''okrug'' PVO) in 1946. The Far Eastern Air Defence District took over responsibility for air defence east of

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, including the old sector of the Primorsky Air Defence Army. In a February 1949 reorganization, the Far Eastern Air Defense District (''raion'' PVO) was formed as a ''raion'' of the 1st (''okrug'') category, and the headquarters of the former Far Eastern Air Defence District became that of the Komsomolsk-Khabarovsk Air Defense District (''raion'' PVO). The Amur Air Defence Army, headquartered at Khabarovsk, was formed in December 1954 during PVO restructuring from the Komsomolsk-Khabarovsk Air Defense District and the 50th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, merging anti-aircraft and interceptor units. The army was reorganized as the Independent Far Eastern Air Defence Army in December 1956, its responsibilities expanded with the takeover of air defense units previously under naval control. The army was numbered in March 1960 as the 11th Independent Air Defence Army (or 11th Army of the Air Defence Forces (11 OA PVO). The army was awarded the

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on 30 April 1975. Under the Ogarkov reforms, the army headquarters was disbanded in May 1980 and its units placed under the air force and air defence forces of the

. These changes were reversed in May 1986 and the army headquarters reformed, receiving a new battle flag. During the Soviet period, the 11th Air Defence Army gained headlines due to the defection of

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in September 1976, and the KAL 007 shootdown in 1983. The KAL 007 shootdown occurred on 1 September 1983. After a protracted

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, three Su-15 fighters from Dolinsk-Sokol airbase and a MiG-23 from

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managed to make visual contact with the Boeing 747 and later shot it down. In the late 1980s the 11th Independent Air Defence Army of the Voyska PVO, controlled two corps ( 23rd in Vladivostok &

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in Komsomolsk) and four divisions (24th in Petropavlovsk, 29th in Blagoveshchensk, 6th in Okhotsk, and 25th in Chukotka) with 12 fighter aviation regiments (IAPs), 19 SAM brigades and regiments and ten radio-technical (radar) brigades/regiments. The army underwent dramatic reductions during the 1990s, leaving it with only the 8th and 23rd Air Defence Corps. A 1990 reorganization eliminated the 24th and 25th Air Defence Division headquarters, with the units in Sakhalin and Chukotka coming directly under the 72nd Air Defence Corps, formed from the 6th Air Defence Division in Kamchatka. The corps reverted to the 6th Air Defense Division in 1994 when the last Chukotka air defense units were eliminated. The 29th Air Defence Division was eliminated in 1994. By mid-1998, the 6th Air Defence Division was abolished after the last units in Sakhalin disbanded and its units became part of the new Aviation and Air Defence of the Joint Command of Troops and Forces in Northeast Russia. In 2001 the 8th and 23rd Air Defence Corps were renamed the 25th and 93rd Air Defence Divisions, respectively, and in 2009 became the 11th and 12th Aerospace Defence Brigades. 24th Air Defence Division was activated 5.60 in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo), Sakhalin Oblast.

23rd Air Defence Corps 1988

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* 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO ( Tsentralnaya Uglovaya, Primorskiy Kray
Uglovaya/Tsentralnye, Угловое - Russian Airfield Index
(http://eagle-rost.livejournal.com/310734.html) *47th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Zolotaya Dolina (Unashi), Primorskiy Kray) (disbanded 1998) *530th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (Chuguevka, Primorskiy Kray) *821st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (

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, Primorskiy Kray) (disbanded 1994) *130th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Vladivostok, Primorskiy Kray) *150th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Zolotaya Dolina (Unashi), Primorskiy Kray) *267th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Filino, Primorskiy Kray) *639th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Vasilevka, Primorskiy Kray) *749th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Timofeevka, Primorskiy Kray) *1133rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Lipovtsy, Primorskiy Kray) *10th Radio-Technical Brigade (Artem, Primorskiy Kray) *123rd Radio-Technical Regiment (Timofeevka, Primorskiy Kray)

6th Air Defence Division 1988

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. It is located in the Far East of the country and lies along the coast of Avacha Bay by the Pacific Ocean, nearby Khalaktyrskoye Lake. As of the 202 ...

Kamchatka Oblast Kamchatka Oblast () was, until being incorporated into Kamchatka Krai on July 1, 2007, a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). To the north, it bordered Magadan Oblast and Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Koryak Okrug was located in the northern ...

*865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (

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(Yelizovo), Kamchatka Oblast) *191st Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka, Kamchatka Oblast) *60th Radio-Technical Regiment (Koryaki, Kamchatka Oblast) *124th Radio-Technical Regiment (Ust-Kamchatsk, Kamchatka Oblast) Formed from 222nd Fighter Aviation Division PVO May 1960; disbanded 1998.

24th Air Defence Division 1988

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( Khomutovo) *121st Communications Center (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo), Sakhalin Oblast) *41st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO ( Burevestnik, Iturup Island) *528th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (

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, Sakhalin Oblast) *777th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO ( Dolinsk-Sokol, Sakhalin Oblast) *328th independent Transport Aviation Squadron (Dolinsk-Sokol, Sakhalin Oblast) *140th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Poronaysk, Sakhalin Oblast) *752nd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo), Sakhalin Oblast) *891st Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Okha, Sakhalin Oblast) *38th Radio-Technical Regiment (Smirnykh, Sakhalin Oblast) *39th Radio-Technical Regiment (Dolinsk, Sakhalin Oblast) *125th Radio-Technical Regiment ( Goryachiye Klyuchi, Kurilsky District, Sakhalin Oblast (Iturup Island)

11th Air Force and Air Defence Forces Army

Following the amalgamation of the 11th Air Defence Army and the 1st Air Army, in 2007 the 11th Army included two regiments of

Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supersonic supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet fighters suc ...

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, one of MiG-31 interceptors, two of

Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...

tactical bomber Tactical bombing is aerial bombing aimed at targets of immediate military value, such as combatants, military installations, or military equipment. This is in contrast to strategic bombing, or attacking enemy cities and factories to cripple fut ...

s, two of

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and one

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regiment of Su-24MRs.

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, July & August 2007 issues. The anti-aircraft component is much less powerful, including just three regiments of

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s, located in

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, Komsomolsk and

. The 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, located at

Dzemgi Dzyomgi Airport () is an air base in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located northeast of Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Dzyomgi is Komsomolsk-na-Amure's northeast side airport, handling small airliner traffic. On May 7, 1939, at the airfield, the formation of t ...

(

Komsomolsk-on-Amur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur R ...

), was the first Russian Air Force unit armed with the upgraded Su-27SM fighters. The 303rd Fighter Aviation Division fought with the

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of the Air Defence Forces during the

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, flying

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s, though it is not certain that the current 303rd Division is the same unit that fought during that war. The 303rd Fighter Aviation Division fought during

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, and included the Normandie-Niemen regiment for a period. In 2007 the commanding officer was General-Lieutenant Valeriy Ivanov (equivalent to a major-general), former commander of the 1st Air Defence Corps. The most notable unit of the 11th Army in 2007 was the 18th Guards Vitebsk Normandie-Niemen Assault Aviation Regiment, stationed at Galyonki, which has been twice awarded the Red Banner and the

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. In 1943, during

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, the regiment included the Normandie squadron of French pilots, which later became the independent regiment known as Normandie-Niemen. On 9 May 1995 (Victory Day), to commemorate these events, the 18th ShAP received the name Normandie-Niemen. Since March 1993, the unit operates the

Sukhoi Su-25 The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' ( ('' rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. Th ...

attack aircraft.

Structure after 2007

*11th Air Army -

** 23rd Air Defence Corps - HQ at Vladivostok; ***22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ at Tsentralnaya Uglovaya - Su-27; - 1.12.09 renamed 6989th Guards Aviation Base. 03 GSAD, other regt was 120 at Domna***530th Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ at Chuguyevka (air base) (AFM 2007: 'Sokolovka') -

MiG-25 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich bureau, it is a ...

PU,

MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares de ...

; - disbanded 1 December 2009. ** 25th Air Defence Division - HQ at

Komsomolsk-na-Amure Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is locat ...

***23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment - HQ at

- Su-27; former 60th IAP. 2000 amalgamated with the 404th Fighter Aviation Regiment, and renamed 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment. 03 GSAD**303rd Composite Aviation Division - HQ at

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***277th Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Khurba -

; 1 September 2009 renamed 6988th Aviation Base. ***302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment - HQ at Verino - Su-24; - 1 September 2009 absorbed by the 6988th Aviation Base. ***18th Guards Normandie-Niemen Assault Aviation Regiment - HQ at Galenki -

- disbanded June 2009; ***187th Assault Aviation Regiment - HQ at Chernigovka - Su-25, merged September 2009 into 6983rd Guards Aviation Base. ***799th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment - HQ at Varfolomeyevka - Su-24MR, MiG-25RB(?); **257th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment - HQ at Khabarovsk-Bolshoy -

An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian language, Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop Cargo aircraft, transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has ...

An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twins ...

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. Russian production of t ...

; **Army Aviation component; ***Unknown Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Dolinsk-Sokol (

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) - Mi-8; ***319th Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control - HQ at Chernigovka -

Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity transport helicopter, troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced ...

; ***364th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Srednebelaya - Mi-8, Mi-24,

Mi-26 The Mil Mi-26 (, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet Union, Soviet/Russian heavy Military transport helicopter, transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest ...

; ***825th Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Garovka-2 - Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-26;

2023 Structure

* Headquarters, 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army ** 25th Air Defence Division 'Red Banner Komsomolskaya' (

Komsomolsk-on-Аmur Komsomolsk-on-Amur ( rus, Комсомольск-на-Амуре, r=Komsomolsk-na-Amure, p=kəmsɐˈmolʲsk nɐ‿ɐˈmurʲə) is a city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located on the west bank of the Amur River in the Russian Far East. It is locat ...

, Khaborovsk Krai) *** 1529th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (

S-400 The S-400 Triumf ( – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S ...

SAM) *** 1530th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Bolshaya Kartel, Khabarovsk Krai) - S-400 surface-to-air missile systems (as of 2018) *** 38th Air Defence Brigade (

Birobidzhan Birobidzhan ( rus, Биробиджан, p=bʲɪrəbʲɪˈdʐan; , ), also spelt Birobijan ( ), is a town and the administrative centre of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia, located on the Trans-Siberian Railway, near the China–Russia bord ...

) ( S-300V4 surface-to-air missiles from the brigade reported deployed on

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) ** 26th Air Defence Division ( Chita (

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) *** 1723rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Kashtak - S-300PS SAM) ** 53rd Air Defense Division ( Yelizovo) *** 1532nd SAM Regiment (

SAM as of 2018) ** 93rd Air Defence Division (

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) *** 1533rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Vladivostok - S-400/S-300V/ Pantsir-S2 SAM systems) *** 589th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (

Nakhodka Nakhodka ( rus, Нахо́дка, p=nɐˈxotkə, means "''finding''") is a port city in Primorsky Krai, Russia, located on the Trudny Peninsula jutting into the Nakhodka Bay of the Sea of Japan, about east of Vladivostok (169 kilometers by ...

- S-400/Pantsir SAMs) ** 1724th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk,

Sakhalin Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, p=səxɐˈlʲin) is an island in Northeast Asia. Its north coast lies off the southeastern coast of Khabarovsk Krai in Russia, while its southern tip lies north of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. An islan ...

Oblast - S-400 SAM reported) ** 303rd Composite Aviation Division ( Khurba), Khabarovsk Krai) *** 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (

Dzyomgi Airport Dzyomgi Airport () is an air base in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located northeast of Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Dzyomgi is Komsomolsk-na-Amure's northeast side airport, handling small airliner traffic. On May 7, 1939, at the airfield, the formation of t ...

) (Two squadrons:

Su-35 The Sukhoi Su-35 (-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M, occasionally nicknamed "Super Flanker") is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable, 4.5 ge ...

S fighters; one flight deployed at Yasny air base on Iturup Island - as of 2019) *** 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Uglovoye (airfield)) (Two squadrons:

Mig-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares de ...

BM/BSM; One squadron: Su-35S - 2019) *** 277th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment ( Khurba) (Two squadrons:

Su-34 The Sukhoi Su-34 (; NATO reporting name: Fullback) is a Soviet-origin Russian twin-engine, twin-seat, all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/ strike aircraft. It first flew in 1990, intended for the Soviet Air Forces, and it entere ...

- 2019) *** 18th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment ( Chernigovka (air base)) (reformed 2013 at Chernigovka; two squadrons of

"Frogfoot" in 2019) *** 120th Independent Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Domna,

): (Two squadrons:

Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath ...

SM - 2019) *** 266th Assault Aviation Regiment ( Step (air base)) (Two squadrons Sukhoi Su-25 - 2019) *** 799th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron ( Vozdvizhenka (air base) (

Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...

- 2019) ** 18th Army Aviation Brigade (formerly 573rd Aviation Base of Army Aviation (Second Rank) (Bolshoy airfield ( Khabarovsk-Tsentralny), Khaborovsk, Khaborovsk Krai)) ** 112th Independent Helicopter Regiment ( Chita Northwest (air base)) ** 319th Independent Helicopter Regiment (formerly 575th Aviation Base of Army Aviation (Second Rank) ( Chernigovka (air base))) Additional MiG-31BM fighters in the Eastern Military District are deployed as part of the Pacific Fleet's naval aviation forces.

Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 (; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces in 1956 and ...

MS and

Tu-22M The Tupolev Tu-22M (; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 b ...

3 bombers (including with

Kh-47M2 Kinzhal The Kh-47M2 Kinzhal ( rus, Х-47М2 Кинжал, p=kʲɪn'ʐaɫ, 'Dagger'; NATO reporting name: AS-24 Killjoy) is a Russian air-launched ballistic missile. It has an estimated range of and a reported top speed of Mach 10. It can carry either ...

ASM) deployed as part of Russian

Long-Range Aviation Long Range Aviation may refer to the following: * Soviet Long Range Aviation, the branch of the Soviet Air Force responsible for long-range nuclear or conventional strikes by aircraft, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 * Ukrainian L ...

, including based at Ukrainka in the Eastern Military District (as of 2016).

Commanders

* ''Generál-leytenánt'' Uruzmag Ogoev (07.1998 - 2000); * ''Generál-leytenánt av'' Nogovitsyn Anatoly Alekseevich (2000-2002); * ''Generál-leytenánt av'' Sadofiev Igor Vasilievich (2002 - 05.2007); * ''Generál-leytenánt''

Valery Ivanov Valery Nikolayevich Ivanov () (born 1948) was a Soviet diplomat. As First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy to Australia, he was expelled on 22 April 1983 under suspicion of being a spy after allegedly trying to recruit Australian Labor Party ...

(05.2007 - 2010); * ''general-mayor'' Sergey Dronov (2010-2013); * ''Generál-leytenánt'' Alexander Tatarenko (2013 - 12.2015); * ''general-mayor'' Viktor Afzalov (07.2017 – 07.2018);

References

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Bibliography

* * {{Armies of the Soviet Air Defence Forces Air armies of the Russian Air Forces Military units and formations established in the 1940s Military units and formations disestablished in 2009