The 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a

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of the

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from 2009-2015. It was located at

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and supervised air force operations in the

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. It was created on 1 December 2009. On 1 August 2015, it was reorganized as the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. It comprised the:Dmitry Gorenburg
Air Force Structure
February 7, 2011 * 1st Air-Space Defense Brigade (

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) * 2nd Air-Space Defense Brigade (

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) * 6961st Aviation Base ( Petrozavodsk Airport) (Su-27) * 6964th Aviation Base (

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) (Su-24M, Su-24MP) * 6965th Aviation Base ( Viaz’ma,

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) (Mi-8, Mi-24) * 7000th Aviation Base (

) (Su-24M, Su-24MP, Su-34)

References

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