1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command
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.
It comprised the:[1]
- 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
- ^ Dmitry Gorenburg, Air Force Structure, February 7, 2011