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4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command
4th Air Force and Air Defence Command emblem (Russia)
Active1 December 2009 – 1 August 2015
CountryRussia
BranchRussian Air Forces
Size~ 10–15 air bases
Garrison/HQRostov on Don, Southern Military District

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 headquarters was in Rostov-on-Don, and it was responsible for the air defence of the North Caucasus Military District and the Volga-Urals Military District. The command became the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army again on 1 August 2015.[1]

Structure

It comprised the 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence, in the North Caucasus Military District, and the 8th Military Space Defence Brigade in the Volga-Urals Military District. The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was formed from the 51st Air Defence 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 Air and Air Defence Force Command in the Siberian Military District.

The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was the former 51st Air Defence Corps. In 2000 it had 7,500 personnel of which 2,500 were air crew. It also had 164 aircraft (59 Su-27, 105 MiG-29). In December 2007 it received upgraded 3D radars.

Russian military reform blog:[3]

  1. 7th Air and Space Defence Brigade (Rostov-na-Donu)
  2. 8th Air and Space Defence Brigade (Yekaterinburg)
  3. 6970th Aviation Base (Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast) (Su-34)[4]
  4. 6971st Aviation Base (Budennovsk, Stavropol Krai) (Su-25SM, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28)
  5. 6972nd Aviation Base (Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Su-27, Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28, Ka-27, Ka-52)[5]
  6. 6974th Aviation Base (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Mi-8, Mi-24, Mi-28)
  7. 229th Transport Aviation Base (Kant, Kyrgyzstan)
  8. 999th Aviation Base (Rostov-na-Donu)

References

  1. ^ "4-я армия ВВС и ПВО" [4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army] (in Russian). Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Michael Holm, 368th Assault Aviation Regiment
  3. ^ Dr. Dmitry Gorenburg, http://russiamil.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/air-force-structure/
  4. ^ "ЦАМТО / Новости / В ЮВО поступила очередная партия истребителей-бомбардировщиков Су-34".
  5. ^ "ЦАМТО / Новости / В Крыму сформирован 22-й армейский корпус Черноморского флота".
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