The 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a command of the Russian Air Force. It was located at Voronezh and supervised air force operations in the Western Military District. It was redesignated on 1 December 2009 and the Western Military District air forces were taken over by the 6th Army of Air and Air Defence Forces.
On 1 August 2015, it was reorganized as the 6th Air Army.[1]
It comprised the:[2]
- 1st Air-Space Defense Brigade (Severomorsk)
- 2nd Air-Space Defense Brigade (St. Petersburg)
- 6961st Aviation Base (Petrozavodsk Airport) (Su-27)
- 6964th Aviation Base (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast) (Su-24M, Su-24MP)
- 6965th Aviation Base (Viaz’ma, Smolensk Oblast) (Mi-8, Mi-24)
- 7000th Aviation Base (Voronezh) (Su-24M, Su-24MP, Su-34)
References[]
- ↑ "На западе России сформирована 6-я Ленинградская Краснознамённая армия ВВС и ПВО" (in Russian). 10 August 2015. https://russian.rt.com/article/108313.
- ↑ Dmitry Gorenburg, Air Force Structure, February 7, 2011
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