Soviet Air Forces Order of Battle 1 May 1945

Following is the organization of the Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily on May 1st 1945.

Leningrad Front

 * 15th Air Army

5th Bomber Corps

 * 4th, 5th Guards Bomber Divisions

14th Fighter Corps

 * 185th, 315th Fighter Divisions

Other units

 * 284th, 313th Night Bomber Divisions
 * 214th, 225th, 305th Assault Aviation Divisions
 * 99th Guards Reconnaissance Regiment
 * 187th Fire Correction Regiment
 * 699th Transport Regiment
 * 97th Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet
 * 87th Night Bomber Squadron
 * 336th Fighter Division
 * 1639th, 1683rd, 1685th Anti-Aircraft Aviaition Regiment

Subordinated units and groups

 * 1003rd Independent Evacuation Aviation Regiment
 * 281st Ground Attack Division
 * 275th Fighter Division
 * 13th Reconnaissance Regiment
 * 199th Aviation Signals Regiment
 * 1583rd, 1674th Anti-Aircraft Regiment

1st Air Army

 * 276th Bomber Division
 * 182nd, 277th, 311th Ground Attack Divisions
 * 129th, 130th, 303rd, 330th Fighter Divisions
 * 213th Night Bomber Division, 406th Night Bomber Regiment
 * 10th, 90th Reconnaissance Regiments
 * 117th, 151st Fire Correction/Reconnaissance Regiments
 * 142nd Transport Regiment
 * 1st Independent Evacuation Regiment
 * 354th Signals Regiment
 * 1st French Air Regiment
 * 1551st, 1552nd, 1553rd, 1665th, 1602nd, 1608th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment

3rd Air Army

 * 5th Guards, 190th Fighter Divisions
 * 3rd Guards bomber division, 314th Nighter Bomber Divisions
 * 211th, 335th Ground Attack Divisions
 * 259th fighter division, 6th Guards Evacuation Regiment
 * 11th Reconnaissance Regiment
 * 206th Fire Correction Regiment
 * 763rd Transport Regiment
 * 87th Independent Evacuation Regiment
 * 399th Signals Regiment;
 * 1556th, 1557th, 1558th, 1604th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment

2nd Belorussian Front

 * 994th signals regiment operating in conjunction with the 5th Guards Tank Army;

5th Bomber Corps

 * 132nd, 327th bomber divisions;

4th Ground Attack Corps

 * 196th, 199th bomber divisions;

8th Fighter Corps

 * 215th, 323rd fighter divisions;

Other units

 * 230th, 233rd, 260th, 332nd ground attack divisions;
 * 229th, 269th, 309th, 329th fighter division;
 * 325th night bomber division;
 * 47th, 164th Guards reconnaissance regiment;
 * 204th, 209th fire correction regiments;
 * 213th Independent evacuation regiment;
 * 184th signals regiment, 844th transport regiment;
 * 69th Civil Air Fleet regiment;
 * 1550th, 1559th, 1584th, 1601st, 1606th, 1607th, 1655th anti air regiments;

1st Belorussian Front

 * 191st Guards signals regiment operating in conjunction with the 1st Guards Tank Army;

3rd Bomber Corps

 * 183rd, 241st, 301st bomber divisions;

6th Bomber Corps

 * 113th, 326th, 334th bomber divisions;

6th Ground Attack Corps

 * 197th, 198th bomber divisions;

9th Ground Attack Corps

 * 3rd Guards, 300th bomber divisions;

1st Guards Fighter Corps

 * 3rd and 4th Guards fighter divisions;

3rd Fighter Corps

 * 265th, 278th fighter divisions;

6th Fighter Corps

 * 234th, 273rd fighter divisions;

13th Fighter Corps

 * 193rd, 283rd fighter divisions;

Other units

 * 188th, 221st bomber divisions, 2nd, 11th Guards bomber divisions;
 * 1st Guards, 240th, 282nd, 286th fighter divisions;
 * 9th Guards, 242nd night bomber divisions, 176th Guards fighter regiment;
 * 16th, 72nd reconnaissance regiments; 93rd, 98th fire correction regiments;
 * 226th transport regiment, 62nd Guards Civil Air Fleet regiment;
 * 325th, 1560th, 1581st, 1597th, 1609th, 1610th, 1611th, 1612th, 1974th anti air regiments;

Subordinated units and groups

 * 6th Independent evacuation regiment;
 * 919th signals regiment;

1st Ukrainian Front

 * 372nd signals regiment operating in conjunction with the 3rd Guards Tank Army;
 * 1002nd mixed regiment (subordinate to front authority);

4th Bomber Corps

 * 202nd, 219th bomber divisions

6th Guards Bomber Corps

 * 1st, 8th Guards bomber divisions

1st Guards ground attack Corps

 * 8th, 9th Guards bomber divisions

2nd Guards ground attack Corps

 * 5th, 6th Guards bomber divisions

3rd ground attack Corps

 * 307th, 308th bomber divisions, 181st fighter division

2nd Fighter Corps

 * 7th Guards, 322nd fighter divisions

5th Fighter Corps

 * 8th Guards, 256th fighter divisions;

6th Guards Fighter Corps

 * 9th, 22nd, 23rd Guards fighter divisions
 * 11th, 12th Guards fighter divisions
 * 208th night bomber division, 193rd Guards reconnaissance regiment
 * 118th, 203rd fire correction regiments, 228th transport regiment
 * 4th Independent evacuation regiment, 23rd Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet
 * 1554th, 1555th, 1561st, 1577th, 1582nd, 1605th, 1613th, 1680th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment

8th Assault Air Corps

 * 224th, 227th Assault Aviation Division

10th Fighter Air Corps

 * 10th, 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division


 * 321st Bomber Aviation Division
 * 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 100th Fire Correction Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 678th Transportation Aviaion Regiment
 * 212th Independent Evacuation Aviaion Regiment
 * 200th Aviation Signals Regiment
 * 87th Guards Aviaion Regiment of Civil Air Fleet
 * 1578th, 1603th, 1682nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment

2nd Ukrainian Front

 * 6th Guards Tank Army - 207 Grd. air sigs. regt.
 * Formations and units subordinate to Front authority - 85, 1001 ind. evac. air regt., 714 air sigs. regt

5th Air Army

 * 3 Grd. Shturmovoy air Corps
 * (7 and 12 Grd. Shturmovaya air div.)
 * 5 Shturmovoy air Corps
 * (4 Grd., 264 Shturmovaya air div.)
 * 3 Grd. fighter air Corps
 * (13 and 14 Grd. fighter air div.)
 * 218 bomb. air div.
 * 312 night bomb. air div.
 * 6 Grd., 279, 331 fighter air div.
 * 511 recon. air regt.
 * 207 fire correct. recon. air regt.
 * 95 transp. air regt.
 * 44 air regt. of Civil Air Fleet

17th Air Army

 * 10 Shturmovoy air Corps
 * (136, 306 Shturmovaya air div.)
 * 244 bomb. air div.
 * 189 Shturmovaya air div.
 * 194, 288, 295 fighter air div.
 * 262 night bomb. air div.
 * 39 recon. air regt.
 * 96 fire correct. recon. air regt.
 * 227 transp. air regt.
 * 3 ind. evac. air regt.
 * 282 air sigs. regt.
 * 1614, 1615, 1654, 1676, 1975 AAA regt.


 * Air Group of General-Major Vitruk (did not have contact with the enemy)
 * 10 Grd. Shturmovaya air div.
 * 236 fighter air div.

Long Range Aviation (18th Air Army from December 1944)

 * 1 Guards Bomber Air Corps (11 and 16 Grd., 36, 48 bomb. air div.),
 * 2 Guards Bomber Air Corps (2, 7, 13 and 18 Grd. bomb. air div.),
 * 3 Grd. bomb. air Corps (22 Grd., 1, 12, 50 bomb. air div.),
 * 4 Grd. bomb. air Corps (14 and 15 Grd., 53, 54 bomb. air div.), 45 bomb. air div., 56 long-range fighter air div.

Air defense forces (PVO) for state territory
A note regarding the use "Patrol Area of". The actual term used in the Russian OOB is ob'yekty, which literally means 'objects'. However, in the military sense it can mean structures, and targets. One possible interpretation that can be offered to better define the use in English is that the meaning here is of the actual "area of responsibility" of the unit in terms of installations, facilities, logistic networks and other possible locations that an enemy may select to attack. In this sense the meaning is more an area-related definition then a specific location, describing the operational activity of the air unit within the realm of its responsibilities.


 * Western Front PVO (Air Defense)
 * 2nd Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Leningrad Front - 106 fighter air div. (145 and 147 Grd., 33, 115, 445 fighter air regt.), 124 fighter air div. (126, 416, 964, 966 fighter air regt.s), 441 fighter air regt. (125 fighter air div.)
 * 5th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 1st Belorussian Front - 826 fighter air regt. (36 fighter air div.), 148 fighter air div. (148 Grd., 785, 907, 1006 fighter air regt.), 320 fighter air div. (652, 862, 963 fighter air regt.s)
 * 13th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 125 fighter air div. (730, 787 fighter air regt.s)
 * 14th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 328 fighter air div. (722, 959, 960 fighter air regt.s)
 * 79th division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 144 fighter air div. (144, 383, 439 fighter air regt.s), 495 fighter air regt. (36 fighter air div.)
 * 82nd division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 1st Belorussian Front - 36 fighter air div. (405, 591, 651, 827 fighter air regt.s)


 * South-Western Front PVO (Air Defense)
 * 7th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Kiev and Kharkov military districts - 9 fighter air Corps (39 and 146 Grd., 573, 894, 1007 fighter air regt.s)
 * 8th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of L'vov military district - 10 fighter air Corps (182, 266, 628, 631, 961 fighter air regt.s)
 * 9th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 2nd Ukrainian Front - 141 fighter air div. (234, 586, 933 fighter air regt.s)
 * 12th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 2nd Ukrainian Front - 2 Grd. fighter air div. (38, 83 and 84 Grd. fighter air regt.s), 743 fighter air regt. (123 fighter air div.)
 * 85th division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Kharkov and Odessa military districts, Independent Coastal army - 126 fighter air div. (802, 822, 833 fighter air regt.s)
 * 86th division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Odessa Military District - 123 fighter air div. (417, 965 fighter air regt.s)
 * 88th division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 1st Ukrainian Front - 310 fighter air div. (268, 348, 908 fighter air regt.s)
 * Front Formations and units in Patrol Area of Moscow Military District - 127 fighter air div. (738, 934, 1003 fighter air regt.s)


 * Central Front PVO (Air Defense)
 * Leningrad Air Defence Army (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Leningrad Front - 2 Grd. fighter air Corps (11, 25, 27, 102 and 105 Grd., 403 fighter air regt.s)
 * Moscow PVO Forces
 * 1st PVO Fighter Air Army (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Central Front PVO (Air Defense)
 * 104 fighter air div. (119, 729 fighter air div.),
 * 122 fighter air div. (767, 768 fighter air div., 769 fighter air regt.s),
 * 142 fighter air div. (143, 423, 632, 786, 1005 fighter air regt.s),
 * 317 fighter air div. (12 Grd., 488, 736 fighter air regt.s),
 * 318 fighter air div. (11, 28, 562, 565, 740 fighter air regt.s),
 * 319 fighter air div. (16, 67, 177, 178, 309 fighter air regt.s)


 * Patrol Area of Coastal PVO Army of Far-East Front - 147 fighter air div. (34, 400, 401, 404, 429, 564 fighter air regt.s)
 * Patrol Area of Amur Air Defence Army (Air Defense) of Far-Eastern Front - 149 fighter air div. (3, 18, 60 fighter air regt.s)
 * Patrol Area of Transbaikal PVO zone (Air Defense) of Transbaikal Front - 297 fighter air div. (938, 939 fighter air regt.s)


 * Independent PVO formations and units of the country
 * 99th Division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Transcaucasian Front - 298 fighter air div. (35, 982, 983 fighter air regt.s)
 * Baku Air Defence Army (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Transcaucasian Front - 8 fighter air Corps (82, 480, 481, 922 962 fighter air regt.s)

7th Air Army

 * 280th Assault Aviation Division
 * 257th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 324th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 80th Short-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 114th Guards Long-Range Aviation Regiment
 * 679th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 716th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 118th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
 * 119th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
 * 1599th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment

14th Air Army

 * 107th Separate Signals Aviation Regiment
 * 30th Civil Air Fleet Aviation Regiment

18th Air Army

 * 73rd Auxiliary Long-Range Aviation Regiment
 * 742nd Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

Reserve Front

 * 81st Medical Evacuation Aviation Regiment
 * 121st Separate Signal Aviation Regiment

Independent Formations and units of Reserve of STAVKA Military High Command

 * 114th Fighter Aviation Regiment

9th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps

 * 19th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
 * 20th Guards Bomber Aviation Division
 * 21st Guards Bomber Aviation Division

7th Assault Aviation Corps

 * 206th Assault Aviation Division
 * 289th Assault Aviation Division

Military districts

 * Moscow Military District
 * 2nd Special Destination Aviation Division
 * 4th Special Destination Aviation Division
 * 10th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 860th Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 252nd Separate Signal Aviation Regiment
 * 396th Separate Signal Aviation Regiment
 * 918th Separate Signal Aviaion Regiment
 * 852nd Ferry Aviation Regiment
 * 853rd Ferry Aviation Regiment
 * 856th Ferry Aviation Regiment
 * 75th Corrective Aviation Squadron


 * White Sea military district
 * 261st Assault Aviation Division
 * 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
 * 108th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron


 * Belorussian-Lithuanian military district
 * 272nd Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 2nd Medical Aviation Regiment


 * Orel military district
 * 1000th Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 857th Transport Aviation Regiment


 * Kiev Military District
 * 15th Guards Assault Aviation Division
 * 245th Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 51st Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 3rd Transport Aviation Regiment


 * Lvov Military District
 * 5th Medical Aviation Regiment


 * Odessa Military District
 * 48th Guards Reconnaissance Avitation Regiment
 * 222nd Ferry Aviation Regiment


 * Kharkov military district
 * 620th Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 254th Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 896th Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 926th Fighter Aviation Regiment


 * Volga Military District
 * 220th Mixed Aviation Regiment
 * 217th Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 221st Ferry Aviation Regiment
 * 850th Ferry Aviation Regiment
 * 851st Ferry Aviation Regiment

Subordinated units and groups

 * 492st Assault Aviation Regiment
 * 25th Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 167th Fighter Aviation Regiment
 * 149th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
 * 335th Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

Central-Asian military district

 * 333rd Assault Aviation Division
 * 238th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 15th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron

Siberian Military District

 * 9th Ferry Aviation Regiment

12th Air Army

 * 30th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 247th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 248th Assault Aviation Division
 * 316th Assault Aviation Division
 * 245th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 246th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 12th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 23rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Squadron
 * 40th Corrective Aviation Squadron
 * 41st Corrective Aviation Squadron
 * 144th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 145th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 146th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 147th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 148th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 149th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery
 * 150th Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery

10th Air Army

 * 83rd Bomber Aviaiton Division
 * 253rd Assault Aviaiton Division
 * 29th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 254th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 528th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 7th Reconnaissance Aviaiton Regiment
 * 411th Corrective Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 344th Transport Aviation Regiment

Subordinated units and groups

 * 18th Aviation Corps
 * 96th Assault Aviation Division
 * 296th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 777th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 140th Reconnaissnce Aviation Squadron
 * 28th Ceoorective Aviation Squadron
 * 19th Bomber Aviation Corps
 * 33rd Bomber Aviation Division
 * 55th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 442nd Long-range Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 443rd Long-range Bomber Aviation Regiment
 * 128th Mixed Aviation Division
 * 255th Mixed Aviation Division
 * 799th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 19th Fighter Aviation Squadron

9th Air Army

 * 34th Bomber Aviation Division
 * 251st Assault Aviation Division
 * 252nd Assault Aviation Division
 * 32nd Fighter Aviation Division
 * 249th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 250th Fighter Aviation Division
 * 6th Reconnaissance Aviaiton Regiment
 * 464th Corrective Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
 * 281st Transport Aviation Regiment

Further Reading/Sources

 * Combat Composition of the Soviet Army 1 May 1945