4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command
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The 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command is a formation (military) of the Russian Air Force
. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the 4th Air Army
and 5th Air Army
. Headquarters is in Rostov
, and the Command covers the North Caucasus Military District
and the Volga-Urals Military District
.
It comprises the 7th Military Space Defence Brigade, in the North Caucasus Military District, and the 8th Military Space Defence Brigade in the Volga-Urals Military District. The 7th Military Space Defence Brigade is based on the former 51st PVO Corps.
Combat Aircraft contradicted themselves between their text and a table regarding the 4th A&AD Command in their June 2010 issue. The text followed the above data drawn from warfare.ru, with the table saying that forces in the Volga-Ural Military District would come under the 3rd A&AD Command in the Siberian Military District.
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Russian Air Force
The Russian Air Force is the air force of Russian Military. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota , or AV-MF).The Air Force was formed from...
. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the 4th Air Army
4th Air Army
The 4th Air Army was a Soviet Air Force formation and from 1992 to 2009 was part of the Russian Air Force. From 1998 the army was designated the 4th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence. It was first established on 22 May 1942 from the Air Forces of the Soviet Southern Front, and fought on the...
and 5th Air Army
5th Air Army
The 5th Air Army was the Russian Air Force's smallest Air Army, with the headquarters located in Yekaterinburg, its zone of responsibility being the Volga-Ural Military District, on the border between Europe and Asia...
. Headquarters is in Rostov
Rostov
Rostov is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:...
, and the Command covers the North Caucasus Military District
North Caucasus Military District
The North Caucasus Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, which became in 2010 the Southern Military District and lately also includes the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla....
and the Volga-Urals Military District
Volga-Urals Military District
The Volga-Ural Military District was a military district of the Russian Ground Forces, formed on 1 September 2001 by the amalgamation of the Volga Military District and the Ural Military District. The headquarters of the Ural Military District, located at Yekaterinburg became the new headquarters...
.
It comprises the 7th Military Space Defence Brigade, in the North Caucasus Military District, and the 8th Military Space Defence Brigade in the Volga-Urals Military District. The 7th Military Space Defence Brigade is based on the former 51st PVO Corps.
Combat Aircraft contradicted themselves between their text and a table regarding the 4th A&AD Command in their June 2010 issue. The text followed the above data drawn from warfare.ru, with the table saying that forces in the Volga-Ural Military District would come under the 3rd A&AD Command in the Siberian Military District.
- 7 Military Space Defence Brigade - Rostov NC. ex 51 ad corps. 2000: 7,500 pers. (2,500 air crew), 164 ac (59 Su-27, 105 MiG-29). 12.2007 received upgraded 3D radars.
- 6969 AIRBASE Millerovo NC. ex 19 + 31 fighter rgts. 2000: 570 pers., 51 Mig-29. 03.2007 lost two Mig-29 during manoeuvres. Pilots ejected and survived. 01.2008 named as best rgt in Rostov AF/AD command. 2008 commander: col Vyacheslav Kudinov. 2009: cutting staff, combining with 31 f rgt? 2009: 36 Mig-29, 6 MiG-29UB
- 6970 AIRBASE Morozovsk NC ex 559 + 722 + 1 bbr rgts. 710 pers., 30 Su-24. 1994-1996 21 ac took part in Chechen war. 2008 commander: lt col Sergey Goncharov. 2009: 24 Su-24, 30 Su-24m. 19.06.2009 lost Su-27 during landing due to malfunction of management system, pilots ejected.
- 6971 AIRBASE Budennovsk NC ex 368 + 461 attack rgts. 2000: 610 pers., 33? Su-25, Su-24MR? 1994-1996 37 Su-25, 7 Su-24MR took part in Chechen war. 2007: 6 Su-25SM planned to be delivered from Lipetsk. 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2008 commander: col Evgeny Fegotov. 08.2008 took part in war in South Ossetia.
- 6972 AIRBASE Krimsk (KrymskKrymskKrymsk is a town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Population: It was founded in 1858 as the fortress and stanitsa of Krymskaya , named after the Crimean Cossack Regiment. The stanitsa was granted town status and given its present name a century later, in 1958...
?) (Krasnodar) NC. Ex 3 Fighter + 55 Hel Regts. 2000: 710 pers., 30 Su-27. ex- 562 Ftr Regt (2000). 08.2007 comd.staff exercises jointly with NC. 2009: repairs of airfield, aircraft to Zernograd? 2009: 36 Su-27, 6 Su-27UB, 20 Mi-24, 16 Mi-8, 4 Ka-27, 3 Mi-28. - 6973 AIRBASE Primorsko-AkhtarskPrimorsko-AkhtarskPrimorsko-Akhtarsk is a port town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the coast of the Sea of Azov, northwest of Krasnodar. Population: Founded in 1829 and town status was granted to it in 1949....
NC ex 960 + 461 attack rgts. 2000: 620 pers., 31 Su-25, MiG-29? 1994-1996 21 Mig-29 took part in Chechen war. - 1537 AD RGT Novorossyysk NC 2008 commander: col Vladimir Timofeev. 2009: 2 S-300PM
- 1536 AD RGT Rostov NC Formed 1940. 04.2009 msl launches at Ashuluk. 2009 commander: col Andrei Mineichev. 2009: 3 S-300PM
- 1721 AD RGT Sochi NC ex 102 ad bde. 2000: 680 pers., Buk, 1 RKhM-4. 2009: 2 Buk
- 6970+ AIRBASE Marinovka NC ex 11 separate recce rgt. Su-24MR. 1994-1996 18 ac took part in Chechen war. 2005: probably to be disbanded. 2009: 24 Su-24mr
- 6974 AIRBASE Egorlyk (Rostov) NC ex 325 separate hel rgt. 2000: 656 pers., 26 Mi-8, 4 Mi-6, 10 Mi-26. 2009: 10 Mi-26, 16 Mi-8
- 326 SEPARATE HEL SQDN-? Bataisk NC 246 pers., 6 Mi-8
- 100 RT BDE Astrakhan' NC 2008 commander: col Vladimir Sletin
- 42 SEPARATE COMMS RGT Rostov NC
- 3624 AIRBASE Erebuni, Armenia, 2009: 18 Mig-29
- 32 RT RGT Volgograd NC 2008 commander: col Alexey Zaitsev.
- 7 RT BDE? Rostov NC 2008 commander: col Vladislav Karelin.
- 8 Military Space Defence Brigade - (4 CMD AF&AD) Ekaterinburg VU ex 5A. 2009: disbanding, transferring to VKO.
- 6977 AIRBASE Bolshoye Savino AirportBolshoye Savino AirportBolshoye Savino Airport is an international airport in Perm Krai, Russia located 16 km southwest of Perm, in the village of Bolshoye Savino. It is the only airport in Perm Krai with regular scheduled passenger flights. The majority of flights are between Perm and Moscow...
, near PermPermPerm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
VU ex 764 fighter rgt. 2000: 750 pers., 34 Mig-31. 02.2007 comd trainings. 2009: 24 Mig-31. 18.01.2010 Mig-31 emergency landing due to oxygen system damage in flight. - 30 AIRBASE KoltsovoKoltsovo, YekaterinburgKoltsovo was an urban-type settlement under jurisdiction of Oktyabrsky City District of Yekaterinburg, Russia. Since 2005, Koltsovo is a part of Yekaterinburg.Koltsovo International Airport is located nearby....
(Ekaterinburg) VU ex ?128 separate sqdn. 2009: 3 Tu-134, 2 An-12, 8 An-26, 5 Mi-8, 3+1 Su-27? - 6975 AIRBASE Bobrovka (Samara) VU ex 237 separate hel sqdn. 2009: 16 Mi-8, 12 Mi-24, 6 Mi-26
- ? AIRBASE Troitsk (Chelyabinsk) VU rescue, ex- 320 hel rgt.
- 4215 AIRBASE Uprun VU 2009- 2 An-12, 2 An-24
- 6956 AIRBASE Cheben'ki VU 2009- 12 Mi-8
- 511 AD RGT EngelsEngels (city)Engels is a city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. It is a port on the Volga River, located across from Saratov and connected to it with a bridge . Population: 163,000 ; 130,000 ; 91,000 ; 22,000 ....
VU 2009: 2 S-300PS - 185 AD RGT Ekaterinburg VU 2009: 2 S-300PS
- 568 AD RGT SamaraSamara, RussiaSamara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...
VU 2008 commander: col Yury Kostyankin. 2009: 2 S-300PS - 44 RT RGT Mirnyy (Samara) VU
- 51 RT RGT ChelyabinskChelyabinskChelyabinsk is a city and the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the northwestern side of the oblast, south of Yekaterinburg, just to the east of the Ural Mountains, on the Miass River. Population: -History:...
- 6977 AIRBASE Bolshoye Savino Airport
- Units directly under command headquarters
- 229th transport aviation base (Rostov-na-Donu) (ex 535 SEPARATE RGT? Rostov NC An-12, Mi-8)
- 999 AIRBASE Kant, KyrgyzstanKant, KyrgyzstanKant is a city in the Chuy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some 20 km from Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan.It is the administrative center of the Ysyk-Ata District ....
250 pers., 5 Su-25, 2 An-26, 5 L-39, 2 Mi-8, 2 Il-76, An-30. 08.2004 took part in Rubezh-2004 exercises. 11.2005, 05.2006 visited by AF CINC V.Mikhailov. 06.2007 inspected by VVS CINC. 10.2008 anniversary. 2008 commander col Vladimir Nosov. Gorenburg lists 999th aviation base (Kant, Kyrgyzstan) (Su-25, Su-27, Mi-8)
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- 7th and 8th MSD Brigades
- 6970th aviation base (Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast) (Su-24M)
- 6971st aviation base (Budennovsk, Stavropol Krai) (Su-25SM, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28)
- 6972nd aviation base (Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Su-27, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28, Ka-27)
- 6974th aviation base (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28)
- 229, 999 Aviation Bases