The 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a formation of the

Russian Air Force The Russian Air Force () is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reb ...

. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 4th Guards Air and Air Defence Forces Army () is an Air army (Soviet Union), air army of the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Southern Military District and headquartered in Rostov-on-Don. The 4th Air Army (''4 Vozdushnaya Armiya'') was ...

and

5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 5th Army of VVS and PVO (''5-я Краснознамённая армия военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны'') was the Russian Air Force's smallest Air Army, with the headquarters located ...

. The command's headquarters was in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East European Plain on the Don River, from the Sea of Azov, directly north of t ...

, and it was responsible for the air defence of the

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces from 1992-2010. Before 1992 it had been part of the Soviet Armed Forces since 1918. In 2010 it became the Southern Military District and lately also included t ...

and the Volga-Urals Military District. The command became the

again on 1 August 2015.

Structure

It comprised the 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence, in the North Caucasus Military District, and the 8th Military Space Defence Brigade in the Volga-Urals Military District. The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was formed from the 51st Air Defence Corps. ''Combat Aircraft'' contradicted themselves between their text and a table regarding the 4th A&AD Command in their June 2010 issue. The text followed the above data drawn from warfare.ru, with the table saying that forces in the Volga-Ural Military District would come under the 3rd Air and Air Defence Force Command in the

Siberian Military District The Siberian Military District was a Military district of the Russian Ground Forces. The district was originally formed as a military district of the Russian Empire in 1864. In 1924 it was reformed in the Red Army. After the end of World War II the ...

. The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was the former 51st Air Defence Corps. In 2000 it had 7,500 personnel of which 2,500 were air crew. It also had 164 aircraft (59 Su-27, 105 MiG-29). In December 2007 it received upgraded 3D radars. * 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence - Rostov,

(NCMD). **6969th Airbase ( Millerovo). Ex 19th and 31st Fighter Aviation Regiments. 2000: 570 pers., 51 MiG-29. 03.2007 lost two Mig-29 during manoeuvres. Pilots ejected and survived. 01.2008 named as best regiment in the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command. 2008 commander: Colonel Vyacheslav Kudinov. 2009: cutting staff, combining with 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment? 2009: 36 Mig-29, 6 MiG-29UB. **6970th Airbase ( Morozovsk, NCMD) ex 559 + 722 + 1st Bomber Regiments. 710 pers., 30 Su-24. 1994-1996 21 ac took part in

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. 2008 commander: lt col Sergey Goncharov. 2009: 24 Su-24, 30 Su-24m. 19.06.2009 lost Su-27 during landing due to malfunction of management system, pilots ejected. **6971st Airbase

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, NCMD. Ex 368th and 461st Assault Aviation Regiments. 2000: 610 personnel, 33? Su-25, Su-24MR? 1994-1996 37 Su-25, 7 Su-24MR took part in Chechen war. 2007: 6 Su-25SM planned to be delivered from Lipetsk. 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2008 commander: col Evgeny Fegotov. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia. **6972nd Airbase (

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, near

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) NCMD. Ex 3 Fighter + 55 Helicopter Regts. 2000: 710 pers., 30 Su-27. ex- 562 Ftr Regt (2000). 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2009: repairs of airfield, aircraft to Zernograd? 2009: 36 Su-27, 6 Su-27UB, 20 Mi-24, 16 Mi-8, 4 Ka-27, 3 Mi-28. **6973rd AIRBASE Primorsko-Akhtarsk NC ex 960 + 461 attack rgts. 2000: 620 pers., 31 Su-25, MiG-29? 1994-1996 21 Mig-29 took part in Chechen war. **1537 Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Novorossyysk, NCMD) 2008 commander: col Vladimir Timofeev. 2009: 2 S-300PM **1536 Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Rostov, NCMD) Formed 1940. 04.2009 msl launches at Ashuluk. 2009 commander: col Andrei Mineichev. 2009: 3 S-300PM **1721st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Sochi, NCMD) Ex 102nd Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade. 2000: 680 pers., Buk, 1 RKhM-4. 2009: 2 Buk **6970 AIRBASE ( Marinovka, NCMD) Ex 11 separate recce rgt. Su-24MR. 1994-1996 18 ac took part in Chechen war. 2005: probably to be disbanded. 2009: 24 Su-24mr **6974 AIRBASE Egorlykskaya (Rostov) NC ex 325 separate hel rgt. 2000: 656 pers., 26 Mi-8, 4 Mi-6, 10 Mi-26. 2009: 10 Mi-26, 16 Mi-8 **326th Separate Helicopter Squadron ( Bataysk NC) 246 pers., 6 Mi-8 **100th Radio-Technical Brigade (Astrakhan' NC) 2008 commander: col Vladimir Sletin **42nd Separate Communications Regiment (Rostov NC) **3624th Airbase ( Erebuni, Armenia) 2009: 18

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**32 RT RGT Volgograd NC 2008 commander: col Alexey Zaitsev. **7 RT BDE? Rostov NC 2008 commander: col Vladislav Karelin. *8 Military Space Defence Brigade - (4 CMD AF&AD)

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VU ex 5A. 2009: disbanding, transferring to VKO. **6977 AIRBASE

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, near

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VU Ex 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment. 2000: 750 pers., 34 Mig-31. 02.2007 comd trainings. 2009: 24 Mig-31. 18.01.2010 Mig-31 emergency landing due to oxygen system damage in flight. **30 AIRBASE Koltsovo, Yekaterinburg (VU) ex ?128 separate sqdn. 2009: 3 Tu-134, 2 An-12, 8 An-26, 5 Mi-8, 3+1 Su-27? **6975 AIRBASE Bobrovka (Samara) VU ex 237 separate hel sqdn. 2009: 16 Mi-8, 12 Mi-24, 6 Mi-26 **? AIRBASE

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(Chelyabinsk) VU rescue, ex-320 hel rgt. **4215 AIRBASE Uprun VU 2009- 2 An-12, 2 An-24 **6956 AIRBASE Cheben'ki VU 2009- 12 Mi-8 **511 AD RGT Engels-2 VU 2009: 2 S-300PS **185 AD RGT

VU 2009: 2 S-300PS **568 AD RGT

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VU 2008 commander: col Yury Kostyankin. 2009: 2 S-300PS **44 RT RGT Mirnyy (Samara) VU **51 RT RGT

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*Units directly under command headquarters **229th Transport Aviation Base ( Rostov-na-Donu) (ex 535th Separate Composite Aviation Regiment? Rostov, NC An-12, Mi-8) **999th Airbase (

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) 250 pers., 5 Su-25, 2 An-26, 5 L-39, 2 Mi-8, 2 Il-76, An-30. 08.2004 took part in Rubezh-2004 exercises. 11.2005, 05.2006 visited by AF Commander-in-Chief V.Mikhailov. 06.2007 inspected by Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force. 10.2008 anniversary. 2008 commander col Vladimir Nosov. Gorenburg lists 999th aviation base (Kant, Kyrgyzstan) (Su-25, Su-27, Mi-8) Russian military reform blog: # 7th Air and Space Defence Brigade (Rostov-na-Donu) # 8th Air and Space Defence Brigade (Yekaterinburg) # 6970th Aviation Base (Morozovsk,

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) (Su-34) # 6971st Aviation Base (Budennovsk, Stavropol Krai) (Su-25SM, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28) # 6972nd Aviation Base (Krymsk,

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) (Su-27, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28, Ka-27, Ka-52) # 6974th Aviation Base (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28) # 229th Transport Aviation Base (Kant, Kyrgyzstan) # 999th Aviation Base (Rostov-na-Donu)

References

{{Reflist *''Combat Aircraft,'' June 2010 Units and formations of the Russian Air Force Military units and formations established in 2009