The Soviet Air Forces were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II. The groups were also involved in the Korean War, and dissolved along with the Soviet Union itself in 1991–92. Former Soviet Air Forces' assets were subsequently divided into several air forces of former Soviet republics, including the new Russian Air Force. "March of the Pilots" was its song.
Severomorsk-1, formerly known as Vayenga-1, is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Severomorsk. It one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula, second only to Olenya. It can accommodate over 40 bombers and a small number of fighters.
Severomorsk-2 is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 7 km southwest of Severomorsk and just 11 km northeast of Murmansk.
Danilovo is an air base in Mari El Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Yoshkar-Ola. It was a small interceptor aircraft airfield, now used by a Helicopter Squadron of the Missile forces.
Donskoye is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 1 km east of Donskoye.
Klokovo is an air base in Russia on north fringe of Tula. It has been home to 374 OVTAP flying Ilyushin Il-76 and Antonov An-22 large cargo planes, of the 12th Mginskaya Krasnoznamennaya military-transport aircraft division.
Stupino is a general aviation airport located 5 km east of Stupino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Brody is an air base of Ukrainian Army Aviation located near Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
The Turkestan Military District was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with its headquarters at Tashkent. The District was first created during the 1874 Russian military reform when by order of Minister Dmitry Milyutin the territory of Russia was divided into fourteen military districts. Its first commander was Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, who was also Governor-General of Russian Turkestan at the time.
The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the Soviet Union. It was disbanded by being redesignated as a Group of Forces in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union collapse. The military district formed as a basis of the modern day armed forces of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia as well as unrecognized polities of Abkhazia, the Republic of Artsakh and South Ossetia.
The 17th Air Army was an Air army of the Red Air Force and Soviet Air Forces from 1942.
The Air and Air Defence Forces are the aerial arm of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was formed following the collapse of the Soviet Union, in 1991, though the military was not created by the Uzbek government until 1992. The Air Force consists of 10,000 to 15,000 personnel in 2006, with most of them being Russians as of 1995.
The 5th Air Army was an air army of the Soviet Air Forces and later the Ukrainian Air Force. First formed in 1942 during World War II, the army provided air support to Soviet forces through the rest of the war, and was renumbered as the 48th Air Army in 1949. It was stationed in the Odessa Military District during the postwar period, and in 1968 its original number was restored. Between 1980 and 1988 it was known as the Air Forces of the Odessa Military District. Redesignated as the 5th Air Army again in 1988, it became part of the Ukrainian Air Force after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and was converted into an aviation corps in 1994.
Yefremov is a military air base in Tula Oblast, Russia. It is located 9 km east of the town of the same name. It largely served the interceptor air defense role for the Soviet Air Force. The host unit was the 191 IAP.
Kacha is an airbase of the Russian Black Sea Fleet located in Kacha, Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine.
Zernograd is an airbase of the Russian Air Force in Zernograd, Rostov Oblast, Russia.
Artsyz is a former Ukrainian Air Force base located near Artsyz, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine.
Vypolzovo is a former Russian Air Force airbase located near Ozyorny, Tver Oblast, Russia.
