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

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on August 15, 1942, on the basis of the Air Force of the 25th Army of the

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of the USSR Armed Forces. In August-early September 1945, the 10th Air Army as part of the

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, 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

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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 The Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin, also known as the Battle of Sakhalin (russian: Южно-Сахалинская операция; ja, 樺太の戦い), was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island known as Karafu ...

and

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. During the period of hostilities, the 10th Air Army carried out about 3297 sorties. On 3 September 1945 it included:Michael Holm
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*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
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),

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(Zavitaya), and Kuibyshevka. In 1957, the 29th Air Army was amalgamated with the 54th Air Army, and became the 1st Special Far Eastern Air Army.

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 Pavel Fyodorovich Zhigarev (Па́вел Фёдорович Жи́гарев; November 6, 1900 – August 2, 1963) was the commander-in-chief of the Soviet Air Forces (VVS) twice (1941–1942, 1949–1957), and also served as the Chief Marshal of ...

. * 25.05.1946 - 12.01.1949 : Lieutenant General of Aviation Nikolay Filippovich Papivin.

World War II

Cold War

Commanders

References

Further reading