The Soviet Air Defence Forces was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Formed in 1941, it continued being a service branch of the Russian Armed Forces after 1991 until it was merged into the Air Force in 1998. Unlike Western air defence forces, V-PVO was a branch of the military unto itself, separate from the Soviet Air Force (VVS) and Air Defence Troops of Ground Forces. During the Soviet period it was generally ranked third in importance of the Soviet services, behind the Strategic Rocket Forces and the Ground Forces.
Savatiya is a former Russian Air Force air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 29 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment between 1967 and 1993, which received Tupolev Tu-128 aircraft in 1967, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 aircraft by the late 1970s, and Mikoyan MiG-31 by the 1990s. It is also listed as being home to 458th Interceptor Aviation Regiment which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s.
Tapa Airfield is an unused air base in Estonia located 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Tapa. During the Cold War it was home to the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. For most of the time the regiment was part of the 14th Air Defence Division of the 6th Air Defence Army.
Haapsalu Airfield or Kiltsi Airfield(ICAO: EEHU); is a disused airfield in Estonia, located 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Haapsalu. It was first built by the Soviets in 1939. During the Soviet era it was an interceptor aircraft base. It was a small fighter airfield with a few revetments. It was home to 425th Interceptor Aviation Regiment between 1970 and 1992, flying up to 38 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 jets in 1991. The airfield has been abandoned since the Soviet army left it in the early 1990s.
Smirnykh is an abandoned Russian Air Force airbase in Sakhalin, Russia located 2 km east of the village of the same name. It appeared in June 1966 KH-7 imagery with a runway length of 2,000 m. It was expanded sometime after this to 2,500 m with a new extension of revetments added.
Borisovsky Khotilovo is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 24 km south of the town of Bologoye. It is an interceptor base with three groups of fan revetments and is home to 790 IAP flying 38 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 aircraft during the Cold War and Mikoyan MiG-31s through the 1990s.
Rzhev is an air base of the Russian Air Force in Tver Oblast, Russia located 5 km east of Rzhev. It was a Tupolev Tu-128 depot airfield during the Cold War, operated by BKhAT. The airfield also had an interceptor role with the 23rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment between 1950 and 1980. This regiment was disbanded in the early 1980s but was resurrected a decade later at Dzyomgi Airport in the Russian Far East.
Donskoye is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 1 km east of Donskoye.
Stupino is a general aviation airport located 5 km east of Stupino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Kursk Vostochny Airport, also known as Khalino, Kursk-Khalino, is an interceptor aircraft base in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located 7 km east of Kursk. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles northeast of Kursk. Several alert pads, with civilian tarmac on the southern side of the airfield.
Stryi was an air base in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine located 4 km southwest of Stryi. It was a large base with 6 km of parking area taxiways and numerous revetments.
The 372nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was a fighter-bomber regiment of the Soviet Air Forces and the Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO). It existed from 1951 to 1993 and was based in Daugavpils until 1993, when it was transferred to Borisoglebsk and disbanded.
Galenki is a former Russian Air Force base in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Osovcy is an air base of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located in Byaroza, Brest Region, Belarus. Bereza (Osovcy) is 7 km NW of Byaroza. Alternate given coordinates are 52° 33.4' N 24° 52.8' E.
Vypolzovo is a former Russian Air Force airbase located near Ozyorny, Tver Oblast, Russia.
Polessk is a former airbase of the Soviet Air Forces located near Polessk, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
Troitsk is a former Russian Air Force base located near Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
Pruzhany is a former airbase of the Belarusian Air Force located near Pruzhany, Brest Region, Belarus.
Kobrin is a former airbase of the Belarusian Air Force located near Kobryn, Brest Region, Belarus.
