Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Force, officially known in Russian as Военно-воздушные силы or (in the Latin alphabet) Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (literally, "Military Air Forces") and often abbreviated VVS (ВВС in Cyrillic) was the official designation of 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 Force in 1917, faced their greatest test during World War II, were involved in the Korean War, and dissolved along with the Soviet Union itself in 1991-92.
Read more about Soviet Air Forces: Origins, The War With Finland, 1930s Aviation Cult, World War II, Cold War, Commanders-in-Chief, Soviet Air Force Inventory As of 1990
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