764th Fighter Aviation Regiment, operating
MiG-31
The Mikoyan MiG-31 (russian: link=no, Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed for use by the Soviet Air Forces. The aircraft was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau as a ...
aircraft, which was stationed
Bolshoye Savino Airport
Perm International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт Пермь) is an international airport located at Bolshoye Savino, southwest of the city of Perm, Russia. It is the only airport in Perm Krai with scheduled com ...
16 km southwest of
Perm
Perm or PERM may refer to:
Places
*Perm, Russia, a city in Russia
** Permsky District, the district
**Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005
**Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005
**Perm Governorate, an administra ...
, within the 5th Air Army's zone, was subordinated directly to the Air Forces HQ in Moscow. In addition to the Kant airbase established in 2003, possibly another air base in
Dushanbe
Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...
,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
, was subordinate to the 5th A VVS i PVO. From July 2007 to its disbandment, the commander of the 5th Army was Lieutenant General
Mikhail Kucheryavy.
In 2007, 12 Mi-24 and 12 Mi-8s of the Army took part in the joint Sino-Russian exercise
Peace Mission 2007.
On 7 May 2009 the Army was disbanded and incorporated within the new
4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command, along with the
4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
Commanders
* General-Lieutenant Nikolay Petrovich Timofeev, 1990 - 1995
* General-Lieutenant Nikolay Ivanovich Makarchuk, 1995 - 1997
* General-Lieutenant
Evgeniy Leonidovich Yurev, 1997 - 6.07
* General-Lieutenant , June 2007 - 2009
2007 Russian Structure
*Headquarters, 5th Air Army -
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
** 30th Aviation Base - HQ at
Koltsovo near
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...
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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 ...
(former 142nd Independent Composite Air Squadron);
**303rd Independent Helicopter Squadron (
Hisor,
Tajikistan
Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...
)
**320th Independent Transport Squadron of Search & Rescue Service - HQ at Uprun (Troitsk), near
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
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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 ...
;
**999th Air Base - HQ at
Kant, Kyrgyzstan
Kant ( ky, Кант) is a town in the Chüy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some east of Bishkek. It is the administrative center of the Ysyk-Ata District (formerly Kant District). Its population was 22,617 in 2021. Kant was established in 1928 ...
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L-39, Mi-8,
Su-25;
*76th Air Defence Division (Samara)
**511th Guards Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Engels, Saratov Oblast)
**185th Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (former 57th SAM Brigade) (
Beryozovsky/Берёзовский, Sverdlovsk Oblast)
**568th(?) Anti-Aircraft Rocket Regiment (Samara) - in December 1993 renamed from 134th Red Banner Anti-Aircraft Rocket Brigade
**One radiotechnical brigade, one radiotechnical regiment (radar)
*Army Aviation component
***793rd Independent Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Kinel'-Cherkasy - Mi-8,
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 ...
;
***237th Independent Helicopter Squadron - HQ at Bobrovka - Mi-8,
Mi-24;
References
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Air Forces Monthly
''Air Forces Monthly'' is a military aviation magazine published by Key Publishing, and based in Stamford, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. It was established in 1988. It provides news and analysis on military aviation, technology and related topics ...
, July & August 2007 issues.
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