22nd Air Army

22-я Воздушная Армия

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Ivanovich Izotov, 2.52 - 6.54
• Lieutenant-General Pavel Fedorovich Chuikov, 6.54 - 3.59
• Major-General Konstantin Terentievich Tsedrik, 3.59 - 8.60

Activated 2.52 in Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, from the VVS Northern Military District.

Organisation 1952:

• 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR)
• 26th Fighter Aviation Division (Besovets, Karelian ASSR)
• 107th Fighter Aviation Division (Severomorsk-2, Murmansk Oblast)
• 336th Fighter Aviation Division (Poduzheme, Karelian ASSR)
• 184th Bomber Aviation Division (Afrikanda, Murmansk Oblast)
• 136th Assault Aviation Division (Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR)
• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)

In 3.53 the 216th Fighter Aviation Division arrived in Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, while the 107th Fighter Aviation Division was transferred to the VVS Northern Fleet.

In 7.53 the 64th Fighter Aviation Corps arrived in Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR from China.

In 10.53 the 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division left for East Germany.

Organisation 1954:

• 64th Fighter Aviation Corps (Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR)
  • 26th Fighter Aviation Division (Besovets, Karelian ASSR)
  • 216th Fighter Aviation Division (Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast)
  • 336th Fighter Aviation Division (Poduzheme, Karelian ASSR)
• 184th Bomber Aviation Division (Afrikanda, Murmansk Oblast)
• 136th Assault Aviation Division (Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR)
• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)

The 136th Assault Aviation Division was disbanded in 1955.

6.55 the 113th Fighter Aviation Division arrived in Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast, from the Far East.

The 64th Fighter Aviation Corps was disbanded 1956.

Organisation 1957:

• 26th Fighter Aviation Division (Besovets, Karelian ASSR)
• 113th Fighter Aviation Division (Murmansk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 216th Fighter Aviation Division (Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast)
• 336th Fighter Aviation Division (Poduzheme, Karelian ASSR)
• 184th Bomber Aviation Division (Afrikanda, Murmansk Oblast)
• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)

8.60 renamed VVS Volga Military District.

Bases:

• Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, 2.52 - 8.60

Subordination:

• Northern Military District, 2.52 - 8.60