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

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

formation and from 1992 to 2009 was part of the Russian Air Force. From 1998 the army was designated the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. It was first established on 22 May 1942 from the Air Forces of the

Soviet Southern Front The Southern Front was a front, a formation about the size of an army group of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. The Southern Front directed military operations during the Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina in 1940 and ...

, and fought on the Eastern Front until 1945. In 1949 it was redesignated the 37th Air Army. It was reformed on 4 April 1968 in Poland, and was active there with the

Northern Group of Forces The Northern Group of Forces (; ) was the military formation of the Soviet Army stationed in People's Republic of Poland, Poland from the end of World War II, Second World War in 1945 until 1993 when they were withdrawn in the aftermath of the fal ...

for over twenty years, shifting to the

North Caucasus Military District The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Armed Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also included the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla. It comprised the Republic of Adygeya, ...

in August 1992. The arrival of the Sukhoi Su-24 drastically changed its tasking in the 1980s. It became the

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command The 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a formation of the Russian Air Force. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army and 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. The command's headq ...

in 2009 but was reestablished from the command in 2015.

Second World War

Upon its establishment in May 1942 it had 208 aircraft and 437 crews and consisted of: * 216th Fighter Division or 216th Mixed Aviation Division (commander V. I. Shevchenko) ** 88th Fighter Aviation Regiment *

217th Fighter Aviation Division 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as ...

(commander D.P. Galunov) *

229th Fighter Aviation Division 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

(commander P.G. Stepanovich) * 230th Assault Aviation Division (commander S.G. Get'man) *

219th Bomber Aviation Division 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full r ...

(commander I.T. Batygin) * 218th Night Bomber Aviation Division (commander D.D. Popov) * one training regiment, seven separate mixed aviation regiments, one communication squadron, one long range reconnaissance squadron In June 1942 one more regiment was added, the 588th Light Night Bomber Regiment (commander Ye.D. Bershanskaya), that became the first women's unit in the Soviet Air Force. In February 1943 it was reorganized into 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment and in October 1943 it became the

46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment "Night Witches" (german: die Nachthexen; russian: Ночные ведьмы, ) was a World War II German nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Avia ...

. In 1943, the Army supported the Kerch-Eltigen Operation and assisted in the battle for air superiority over the Kuban.Keith E Bonn, (ed.), Slaughterhouse: The Handbook of the Eastern Front, Aberjona Press, 2005, p.336 Two regiments that formed part of the Army, the 57th GIAP and 821st IAP, flew lend-lease Supermarine Spitfires in 1943 for a period.Igor Zlobin ©, Translation by James F. Gebhardt ©
Spitfires over the Kuban
, accessed September 2011 Alexander Pokryshkin was one of its members, and one of the most successful aces of WW2, as well as having the distinction of being awarded the

Hero of Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

three times. On 17 July 1943 the 216 SAD/IAD was redesignated the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division. It was commanded by Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin from April 1944 to May 1945. In summer 1944 the Army covered the

Separate Coastal Army The Separate Coastal Army (russian: Приморская армия), also translated to English as Independent Coastal Army, was an army-level unit in the Red Army that fought in World War II. It was established on July 18, 1941, by the order o ...

during the

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. It was then reassigned to the

2nd Belorussian Front The 2nd Belorussian Front ( Russian: Второй Белорусский фронт, alternative spellings are 2nd Byelorussian Front) was a military formation, of Army group size, of the Soviet Army during the Second World War. Soviet army g ...

and participated in

Operation Bagration Operation Bagration (; russian: Операция Багратио́н, Operatsiya Bagration) was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation (russian: Белорусская наступательная оп ...

, the East Prussian Offensive, the East Pomeranian Offensive, and the Battle of Berlin. Overall during the war it flew about 300,000 sorties. In July 1945 the army included the 8th Fighter Aviation Corps ( Legnica, Poland), the 4th Assault Aviation Corps the 5th Bomber Aviation Corps, the 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (

Brzeg Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on t ...

, Poland) with

Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 (russian: Петляков Пе-2) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,Ethell 1996, p. 152. it also proved successful as a heavy fighter, as ...

R, and the 844th Transport Aviation Regiment (Swidnica, Poland) equipped with the

Li-2 The Lisunov Li-2 (NATO reporting name: Cab), originally designated PS-84, was a license-built Soviet-version of the Douglas DC-3. It was produced by Factory #84 in Moscow-Khimki and, after evacuation in 1941, at TAPO in Tashkent. The proj ...

Commanders

* 05/07/1942 – Major General of Aviation Konstantin Vershinin * 09/08/1942 – Major General of Aviation

Nikolai Naumenko Nikolai Fedorovich Naumenko (russian: Николай Фёдорович Науменко; 17 October 1901 – 7 July 1967) was a Soviet military aviator who commanded the 4th Air and 15th Air Army during the Second World War World Wa ...

* 05/01/1943 – Lieutenant General, Colonel General of Aviation Konstantin Vershinin (until the end of the war) * 05.1946 – 09.1948 – Lieutenant General of Aviation Vasily Vasilyevich Stepichev

Postwar Soviet service

After

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the 4th Air Army remained in Poland, and was renumbered as the 37th Air Army in 1949. The 37th Air Army was reorganized as the Air Forces of the

(VVS SGF) in 1964. On 22 February 1968, in accordance with a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR the unit was awarded the

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of t ...

. On 4 April 1968 the VVS SGF was redesignated again into the 4th Air Army which had been the army's designation during the Second World War. The 4th Air Army was redesignated as the 4th Air Army of the Supreme High Command (VGK) in 1980 and became part of

Long-Range Aviation Long-Range Aviation ( rus, Авиация Дальнего Действия, r=Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya, abbr. to AДД, or ADD, and literally ''Aviation of Distant Action'') is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces responsible for deliv ...

. This reorganization was part of General

Nikolai Ogarkov Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (russian: Николай Васильевич Огарков; 30 October 1917 – 23 January 1994) was a prominent Soviet military personality. He was promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1977. Between 1977 and 1 ...

's reforms after the Sukhoi Su-24s started arriving in the army, and as a result it became an independent army with operative designation, subordinate to the HQ of Western Direction. The 24th Air Army of the South-Western Direction shared that status. Those were the only air force armies with Su-27 fighters, tasked with escorting the Su-24s. From 1989 until the withdrawal from Poland the Army included the 164th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment, 245th Mixed Aviation Squadron, 151 EW Regiment ( Yak-28), 55th separate Sevastopol helicopter regiment (Mi-24, Mi-8), 19th Separate Signals and Automated Command and Control Systems Regiment (Legitza) and other smaller units of direct Army HQ subordination, and the 239th Fighter Baranovichskaya Red Banner Air Division, headquartered at Kluczewo and consisting of the 159th, 582nd, and 871st Fighter Regiments ( Kolobrzeg – ( Kołobrzeg-Bagicz Airport?)) and the 149th Bomber Aviation Division (HQ

Szprotawa Szprotawa (german: Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It has 11,820 inhabitants (2019). History The region was part of Poland after the emergence of the Piast monarchy in the 10th century. The first me ...

) with the 3rd, 42nd Guards, and 89th Bomber Aviation Regiments (

Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was ...

s) as its primary combat formations. Over the border in the

Kaliningrad Oblast Kaliningrad Oblast (russian: Калинингра́дская о́бласть, translit=Kaliningradskaya oblast') is the westernmost federal subject of Russia. It is a semi-exclave situated on the Baltic Sea. The largest city and admin ...

, but still part of the Army, was the 132nd Bomber Sevastopol Red Banner Aviation Division at

Chernyakhovsk Chernyakhovsk (russian: Черняхо́вск) – known prior to 1946 by its German name of (Old Prussian: Instrāpils, lt, Įsrutis; pl, Wystruć) – is a town in the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia, where it is the administrative center of C ...

. On the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Poland, the 159th Fighter Regiment moved to Besovets air base and joined the

6th Air Army The 6th Air Army was an air army of the Red Army's Air Force during the Second World War and from 1946-1949. It was formed twice : in 1942 as part of the Red Army's Air Forces, and redesignated in 1944, and in 1946 and redesignated in 1949. The 6 ...

, and the 871st Fighter Regiment moved to

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

and eventually disbanded. The 151st EW Regiment moved back to

Shchuchyn Shchuchyn and Ščučyn ( be, Шчучын, Ščučyn, ; russian: Щýчин, ; pl, Szczuczyn Litewski; lt, Šukynas; Yiddish: שטשוטשין, Shtshutshin) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. It is the center of Shchuchyn District. Th ...

in the

Belorussian SSR The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR, or Byelorussian SSR; be, Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка, Bielaruskaja Savieckaja Sacyjalistyčnaja Respublika; russian: Белор� ...

in August 1989 and definitely disbanded in 1992, with its aircraft being broken up at the 558th Aircraft Repair Facility at Baranovichi. Following withdrawal from Poland from 1992 it became the aviation component of the

. On 22 August 1992, the headquarters of the 4th Red Banner Air Army (VGK) was relocated to the city of Rostov-on-Don and relieved from assignment from the VGK. Headquarters

1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division The 1st Guards Stalingrad Composite Aviation Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная Сталинградская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суво ...

arrived from

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

in 1993 and headquarters 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division was moved to

Millerovo Millerovo (russian: Миллерово) is the name of several inhabited localities in Rostov Oblast, Russia. ;Urban localities *Millerovo, Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast, a town in Millerovsky District Millerovsky District (russian: Ми́ ...

from

Damgarten Ribnitz-Damgarten () is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, situated on Lake Ribnitz (''Ribnitzer See''). Ribnitz-Damgarten is in the west of the district Vorpommern-Rügen. The border between the historical regions of Mecklenburg and P ...

DDR DDR or ddr may refer to: *ddr, ISO 639-3 code for the Dhudhuroa language *DDr., title for a double doctorate in Germany *DDR, station code for Dadar railway station, Mumbai, India *' (German Democratic Republic), official name of the former East ...

, on 30 October 1993, and became part of 4th Air Army that day.

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army

On 16 June 1997 the President of the Russian Federation signed the decree "About prime measures on reforming Armed forces of the Russian Federation and perfection of their structure". According to that decree, on the basis of the 4th Air Army and the 12th Independent Air Defence Corps of the Russian Air Defence Forces the 4th Army of the Air Forces and Air Defence was formed on 1 June 1998. The 10th Bombardment Aviation Division, headquartered at

Yeysk Yeysk (russian: Ейск) is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is built primarily on the Yeysk Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azo ...

with up to 90 Su-24s in three regiments (296th BAP at Marinovka, 559th BAP and 959th BAP) was part of the army during the 1990s. At some point between January 2001 and September 2005 the division headquarters disbanded. Yeysk airfield, the previous home of a training aviation institute directing around three regiments of L-39s, was turned over to

Russian Naval Aviation The Russian Naval Aviation ( rus, Авиация Военно-морского флота России, r=Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) is the air arm of the Russian Navy, a successor of Soviet Naval Aviation. The Russian Navy is divid ...

in September 2009. In February 2004 regional command staff trainings took place in Kabardino-Balkaria. 02.2006 comd staff exercises jointly with the 58th Army of the

. 8 Su-25 took part in Peace Mission 2007 joint Russia-Sino exercises. The commanding officer of the 4th Air Army from February 2007 was

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Igor Miroshnichenko. In August 2007 command and staff exercises were held. 11.2007 Caucasus-Rubezh −2007 comd staff exercises. 03.2008 flight tactical training.(Warfare.ru) In 2009 the Army was disestablished and Russian Air Forces units in the Caucasus grouped under the

. The Army was reformed on 1 August 2015. In January 2016, Lieutenant General Viktor Sevastyanov became its commander.

Structure 2007

* Headquarters 4th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence –

Rostov on Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) 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 Eu ...

1st Guards Composite Aviation Division The 1st Guards Stalingrad Composite Aviation Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная Сталинградская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суво ...

–

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

*** 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment – Morozovsk –

in service. Previously based at

Finsterwalde Finsterwalde (, dsb, Grabin) is a town in the Elbe-Elster district (German: Landkreis), in Lower Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. Overview It is situated on the Schackebach, a tributary of the Kleine Elster, 28 m. W.S.W of Cottbus by rail. Pop. ...

in East Germany with the

16th Air Army The 16th Red Banner Air Army (russian: 16-я воздушная Краснознамённая армия) was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air ...

; *** 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment – Eisk Airport – operates the Su-24 and L-39C; *** 368th Assault Aviation Regiment – Budyonnovsk – Su-25; *** 461st Assault Aviation Regiment –

– Su-25; *** 960th Assault Aviation Regiment –

Primorsko-Akhtarsk Primorsko-Akhtarsk (russian: Примо́рско-Ахта́рск) is a port town and the administrative center of Primorsko-Akhtarsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the coast of the Sea of Azov, northwest of Krasnodar, the adm ...

– Su-25; ** 51st Air Defence Corps –

(disbanded and reorganised in 2009 as 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence) *** 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment – Krymskaya (ex 562nd) – Su-27; (1.12.09 renamed 6972nd Guards Aviation Base) *** 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment –

– MiG-29; (disbanded 2009 and reorganised as 6969th Aviation Base) *** – Zernograd – MiG-29. Previously based at

Falkenberg Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...

in East Germany with the

. Disbanded 2009. *** SAM Regiments ** 11th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment – Marinovka – operates the Su-24MR. Formerly based with

, Welzow,

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

; ** 535th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment – Rostov on Don –

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition t ...

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

and

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 Twin ...

in service; ** ex Army Aviation component *** 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment –

Korenovsk Korenovsk (russian: Корено́вск) is a town and the administrative center of Korenovsky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Beysuzhyok Levy River (a tributary of the Beysug) northeast of Krasnodar. Population: 42,418 (202 ...

– Mi-24, Mi-8; *** 325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment – Yegorlyskaya –

Mi-26 The Mil Mi-26 (russian: link=no, Миль Ми-26, NATO reporting name: Halo) is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. Its product code is ''Izdeliye 90''. Operated by both military and civilian operators, it is the largest and most po ...

; *** 487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control- Budyonnovsk – Mi-8, Mi-24; In addition to the above forces, Russian aviation forces in Armenia, probably within the ambit of 4th Air Army, comprise 18 MiG-29 fighters of the 426th Fighter Squadron '426 Istrebitel’naya Aviatsionnaya Eskadril’ya (426 IAE)''and the 700th Air Traffic Control Center, both at the 3624th Air Base '3624 Aviatsionnaya Baza (3624 AB)''at

Erebuni Airport Erebuni Airport ( hy, Էրեբունի օդանավակայան) is a military airport serving Yerevan and the country of Armenia. It is located south of the center of Yerevan. At present, the airport is mostly operated by the military and is ho ...

outside Yerevan.

Structure 2020s

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Rostov-on-Don) (Information updated to 2019/20 unless otherwise indicated) *

( Krymsk) ** 3rd Guards Composite Aviation Regiment ( Krymsk) Two Squadrons: Su-27SM3 Flanker (as of 2019) (may have started re-equipping with Su-57 as of December 2020) ** 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (

) Two Squadrons:

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

SM (as of 2019) ** 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment ( Morozovsk) Three Squadrons:

Su-34 The Sukhoi Su-34 (russian: Сухой Су-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 Sovi ...

(as of 2019) ** 368th Assault Aviation Regiment ( Budennovsk) Two Squadrons: Su-25SM/SM3 (as of 2019; reported upgrading to SM3 variant as of 2021) * 4th Composite Aviation Division ( Marinovka) ** 11th Composite Aviation Regiment ( Marinovka) Two Squadrons:

M/M2/MR (as of 2019) ** 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (

) Two Squadrons: Su-25SM/SM3 (as of 2019) * 27th Composite Aviation Division ( Sevastopol-Belbek) ** 37th Composite Aviation Regiment ( Gvardeyskoye) One Squadron:

M/SVP-24/MR; One Squadron: Su-25SM (as of 2019) ** 38th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Sevastopol-Belbek) Two Squadrons: Su-27P/SM (as of 2019; may re-equip with Su-57 in due course) ** 39th Helicopter Aviation Regiment (

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) * Directly subordinated to 4th army headquarters ** 535th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment ( Rostov-on-Don North with two mixed transport squadrons with An-26RT, An-12BK, Tu-134, L-410UVP-E20) ** 3624th Air Base ( Erebuni,

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

) with one fighter and one mixed helicopter squadron with MiG-29, MiG-29UB, Mi-24P, Mi-8MTV, Mi-8SMV-2; MiG-29 reported to be replaced by

in 2020/21) * Army Aviation component ** 16th Army Aviation Brigade (Zernograd) ** 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment (Korenovsk) ** 487th Independent Helicopter Regiment (Budennovsk) Air defense and support units of the 4th Air and Air Defence Army: * 51st Air Defence Division (Rostov-on-Don) ** 1536th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Rostov-on-Don) ** 1537th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment ( Novorossiysk) *** Two battalions: 8

S-400 The S-400 Triumf (russian: link=no, C-400 Триумф – 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 Russ ...

/8 S-300PM launchers; second battalion with 6 launchers 96K6

Pantsir The Pantsir (russian: Панцирь, translation="Carapace") missile system is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery systems. Starting with the Pantsir-S1 (russian: Панцирь-С1, NAT ...

-S1 SAM. ** 1721st Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment ( Sochi): 12 S-350 launchers ** 339th Radio-Technical Regiment ( Tinaki,

Astrakhan Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...

) ** 338th Radio-Technical Regiment (Rostov-on-Don) * 31st Air Defence Division (Sevastopol) ** 12th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Sevastopol) ** 18th Guards Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (

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) ** 3rd Radio-Technical Regiment (Lyubimovka, Sevastopol) *

7th Military Base The 7th Military Base (; ) is a sizable overseas military base of the Russian Armed Forces stationed in Bombora in the partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia. The base is subordinate to the command of the 49th Combined Arms Army and the Souther ...

(Primorskoe, Abkhazia - S-400 and S-300 SAMs) * 988th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Gyumri,

- S-300V4/ Buk-M1-2 SAMs) * Support Center (Rostov-on-Don) ** 1017th Air Defense Command Post (Rostov-on-Don) ** 214th Headquarters Communications Center (

Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known ...

) Additional fighter, helicopter and other fixed-wing aviation elements are deployed as part of the naval aviation division of the Black Sea Fleet – HQ Sevastopol.

Notes

* * Kommersant-Vlast, 2005

External links

* http://www.rg.ru/2007/03/13/reg-jugrossii/miroshnichenko.html (Ru) – Interview with Miroshnichenko * http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/3bap.htm – 3rd Bomber Aviation Regiment {{Armies of the Russian Armed Forces Air armies of the Russian Air Forces Military units and formations established in 1998