14th Red Banner Air Army

14-я Воздушная Краснознамённая Армия

Military Unit: 18466

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Ivan Petrovich Zhuravlev, 27.7.42 - 2.47
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Georgievich Ryazanov, 2.47 - 4.49
• Colonel-General Sergey Kondratevich Goryunov, 4.49 - 2.50
• Chief Marshal of Aviation Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin, 2.50 - 9.50
• Colonel-General Vasliliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 9.50 - 1.53
• Lieutenant-General David Yakovlevich Slobozhan, 1.53 - 9.53
• Colonel-General Vasliliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 9.53 - 2.56
• Colonel-General Fedor Petrovich Polynin, 2.56 - 8.59
• Major-General Stepan Dmitrievich Prutkov, 8.59 - 10.64
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Efimov, 10.64 - 3.69
• Lieutenant-General Aleksey Anastasovich Mikoyan, 3.69 - 5.69
• Lieutenant-General Sergey Dmitrievich Gorelov, 5.69 - 1.77
• Lieutenant-General Eldar Veniaminovich Tsokolaev, 1.77 - 8.83
• Lieutenant-General Boris Fedorovich Korolkov, 8.83 - 1.85
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Nikandovich Strogov, 6.85 - 9.91
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Mikhaylovich Antonets, 9.91 - 1.92

Activated 7.42.

Organisation 5.45:

• 107th Aviation Communications Regiment
• 30th Aviation Regiment GVF

10.1.49 renamed 57th Air Army.

Organisation 1962:

• 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 32nd Bomber Aviation Division (Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 131st Fighter Aviation Division (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 69th independent Training Aviation Regiment (Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 243rd independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• 177th independent Guards Transport Aviation Squadron (Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 229th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance (Chortkov, Ternopol Oblast)
• 76th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

4.4.68 renamed 14th Air Army.

In 8.68 the 131st Fighter Aviation Division was transferred to Czechoslovakia.

Organisation 1970:

• 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 32nd Bomber Aviation Division (Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 104th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Cherlyany, Lvov Oblast)
• 126th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 168th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 69th independent Training Aviation Regiment (Ovruch, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 243rd independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• 177th independent Guards Transport Aviation Squadron (Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast)
• 229th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance (Chortkov, Ternopol Oblast)
• 76th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

In 1971 the 104th Fighter Aviation Regiment and the 126th Fighter Aviation Regiment was transferred to Mongolia.

The 4th Fighter Aviation Division was activated 12.73.

4.80 renamed VVS Carpathian Military District.

In 8.80 the 177th independent Guards Transport Aviation Squadron was transferred to the 24th Air Army VGK ON.

Organisation 1980:

• 4th Fighter Aviation Division (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 289th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 32nd Bomber Aviation Division (Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitskiy Oblast)
• 947th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Dubna, Rovno Oblast)
• 48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 243rd independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• 209th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Zhovtnevoye, Volynskaya Oblast)
• 229th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance (Chortkov, Ternopol Oblast)
• 76th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

In 8.80 the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division was transferred to the 24th Air Army VGK.

In 1984 the 947th Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the 56th Bomber Aviation Division.

The 368th independent Assault Aviation Regiment was activated 10.84, but was transferred to Germany 12.88.

5.88 renamed 14th Air Army.

In 1989 the 452nd independent Assault Aviation Regiment joined the Air Army.

Organisation 1990:

• 4th Fighter Aviation Division (Ivano-Frankovsk, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 289th Bomber Aviation Division (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankovsk Oblast)
• 452nd independent Assault Aviation Regiment (Chortkov, Ternopol Oblast)
• 243rd independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)
• 209th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Lutsk, Volynsk Oblast)
• 76th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Lvov, Lvov Oblast)

1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Lvov, Lvov Oblast, 1945 - 1992 [49 49 45N, 23 53 14E]

Subordination:

• Carpathian Military District, 1945 - 1992