Russian Air Force - Organization

Organization

In 2009 the Russian Air Forces' structure was completely changed to a command-air base structure from the previous structure of air army-air division or corps-air regiment. The VVS is now divided to 4 operational commands, the Operational Strategic Command for Air-Space Defence (seemingly primarily made up of the former Special Purpose Command), the Military Transport Aviation Command, and the Long Range Aviation Command. This listing is a composite; the available new information covers frontline forces, and the forces of central subordination are as of approximately August 2008. Warfare.ru maintains what appears to be a reasonably up to date listing, and Combat Aircraft magazine in June 2010 listed their organisation's estimate of the new order of battle.

• Operational Strategic Command for Air-Space Defense (Moscow)
  • 4th Air-space defense brigade (Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow Oblast)
  • 5th Air-space defense brigade (Petrovskoe, Moscow Oblast)
  • 6th Air-space defense brigade (Rzhev, Tver Oblast)(former 32nd Corps of PVO?)
  • 6963rd aviation base (Kursk Vostochny Airport) (MiG-29SMT(UBT))
  • 6968th fighter aviation base (Borisovsky Khotilovo, Tver Oblast) (Su-27, MiG-31B)

• 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command (Voronezh) (Western Military District) — (includes elements of former 6th Army of VVS and PVO)
  • 1st Air-space defense brigade (Severomorsk)
  • 2nd Air-space defense brigade (St. Petersburg)
  • 6961st aviation base (Petrozavodsk Airport) (Su-27)
  • 6964th aviation base (Monchegorsk Airbase, Murmansk Oblast) (Su-24M, Su-24MP)
  • 6965th aviation base (Vyazma Airport, Smolensk Oblast) (Mi-8TM, Mi-24V)
  • 7000th aviation base (Voronezh Malshevo Airbase) (Su-24M, Su-24MP, Su-34)

• 2nd Air and Air Defence Forces Command (Yekaterinburg) (Central Military District)
  • 8th air-space defense brigade (Yekaterinburg)
  • 9th air-space defense brigade (Novosibirsk)
  • 10th air-space defense brigade (Chita)
  • 6977th aviation base (Bolshoye Savino Airport, Perm Krai) (Mig-31)
  • 6979th aviation base (Kansk Airbase, Krasnoyarsk Krai) (Mig-31)
  • 6980th aviation base (Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport) (Su-24M)
  • 6982nd aviation base (Doman Airbase, Zabaykalsky Krai) (Mig-29)

• 3rd Air and Air Defence Forces Command (Khabarovsk) (Eastern Military District)
  • 11th air-space defense brigade (Komsomolsk-na-Amur)
  • 12th air-space defense brigade (Vladivostok)
  • 6983rd aviation base (Vozdvizhenka Airbase, Primorski Krai) (Su-25SM, Mi-8TM, Mi-24P)
  • 6987th aviation base (Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport, Khabarovsk Krai) (Su-27SM)
  • 6988th aviation base (Khurba, Khabarovsk Krai) (Su-24M, Su-24M2, Su-24MR)
  • 6989th aviation base (Vladivostok International Airport) (Su-27SM)
  • 265th transport aviation base (Khabarovsk)

• 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command — Southern Military District (former 4th and 5th Armies of VVS and PVO)(Rostov-on-Don)
  • 7th air-space defense brigade (Rostov-on-Don)
  • 8th air-space defense brigade (Yekaterinburg)
  • 6970th aviation base (Morozovsk, Rostov Oblast) (Su-24M)
  • 6971st aviation base (Budenovsk, Stavropol Krai) (Su-25SM, Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-24V, Mi-28N)
  • 6972nd aviation base (Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Su-27, Mi-8, Mi-24P, Mi-28N, Ka-27)
  • 6974th aviation base (Korenovsk, Krasnodar Krai) (Mi-8MTV-5, Mi-24V, Mi-35M, Mi-28N)
  • 999th aviation base (Kant Air Base, Kyrgyzstan) (Su-25, Su-27, Mi-8T)
  • 229th transport aviation base (Rostov-on-Don) (Mi-26(T), Mi-8AMTSh(TM))

• Military Transport Aviation Command (Moscow)
  • 6955th Aviation Base (Migalovo (Tver)) (Il-76MD)
  • 6956th Aviation Base (Orenburg) (Il-76MD)
  • 6958th Aviation Base (Taganrog, Rostov Oblast) (Il-76MD)
  • 6985th Aviation Base (Pskov Airport) (Il-76)

• Long Range Aviation Command (Moscow)
  • 6950th Aviation Base (Engels-2, Saratov Oblast) (Tu-22M3, Tu-95MS, Tu-160)(former 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division?)
  • 6952nd Aviation Base (Ukrainka Airbase, Amur Oblast) (Tu-95MS)
  • 6953rd Aviation Base (Belaya (air base), located at Sredni/ru:Средний (Иркутская область), Irkutsk Oblast) (Tu-22M3)

Forces of central subordination of the Russian Air Force 2008

• 8th Air Division for Special Purposes — Chkalovsky Airport
• 929th State Flight Test Centre — Akhtubinsk
• 4th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training — Lipetsk Air Base - Su-34, Su-24M2, Su-30, Su-27SM, MiG-29, L-39C.
• 344th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training — Torzhok — ground forces helicopters.
  • 696th Research and Instruction Helicopter Regiment — Torzhok — Ka-50, Ka-52, Mi-35M, Mi-8AMTSh, Mi-24PN, Mi-26, has used Mi-28N.
  • 92nd Research and Instruction Helicopter Squadron — Sokol-Vladimir — Mi-8TM(MTV-5) and Mi-24PN
• 2881st Reserve Helicopter Base — Totskoye — Mi-24P
• 924th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training — Yegoryevsk — UAVs
• Russian State Scientific-Research Institute Centre for Cosmonaut Training — Star City (Zvyozdniy Gorodok)
• 2457th Air Base of Long Range Radiolocation Detection Aircraft — Ivanovo Severny — A-50(U)
• 1st Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment — Lebyazhye — Su-24
• 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment — Bolshoye Savino Airport (Sokol) — MiG-31 and MiG-25PU
• 5th Independent Long Range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment — Voronezh (CFE and INF verification)
• 185th Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training — Astrakhan
• 118th Independent Helicopter Squadron — Chebenki(Dmitriyevka), Orenburg Oblast.
• 4020th Base for Reserve Aircraft — Lipetsk
• 4215th Base for Reserve Aircraft — Chebenki

Training Units

• Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute — L-39C
• Syzran Military Aviation Institute — Syzran — Mi-2, Mi-8T and Mi-24V, Ansat
• 783rd Training Centre — Armavir — MiG-29UB and L-39C
• 786th Training Centre — Borisoglebsk - Yak-130

The List of Soviet Air Force bases shows a number which are still active with the Russian Air Force.