43rd Air Army DA

43-я Воздушная Армия ДА

Military Unit: 29702; from 4.46: 35564

Commanders:

• Colonel-General Timofey Timofeevich Khryukin, 7.42 - 8.44
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Zhdanov, 8.44 - 15.2.49
• Colonel-General Vladimir Ivanovich Aladinskiy, 15.2.49 - 28.9.50
• Lieutenant-General Georgiy Nikolaevich Tupikov (acting), 28.9.50 - 12.4.51
• Colonel-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Zhdanov, 12.4.51 - 19.1.54
• Lieutenant-General Grigoriy Alekseevich Chuchev, 19.1.54 - 7.2.55
• Lieutenant-General Georgiy Alekseevich Schetchikov, 7.2.55 - 20.9.58
• Colonel-General Georgiy Nikolaevich Tupikov, 20.9.58 - 1.7.60

Activated 9.6.42 from the VVS Southwestern Front, as the 8th Air Army.

Organisation 5.45:

• 8th Assault Aviation Corps
  • 224th Assault Aviation Division
  • 227th Assault Aviation Division
• 10th Fighter Aviation Corps
  • 10th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
  • 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division
• 321st Bomber Aviation Division
• 8th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
• 100th independent Artillery Correction Regiment
• 678th Transport Aviation Regiment

Most units were transferred to the VVS Kiev Military District in 4.46.

9.4.46 renamed 2nd Air Army DA, and transferred to Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast.

Organisation 1946:

• 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
  • 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Priluki, Chernigov Oblast)
  • 13th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
• 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)
  • 14th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast)
  • 15th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)

10.1.49 renamed 43rd Air Army DA.

Organisation 1950:

• 70th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
  • 139th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Priluki, Chernigov Oblast)
  • 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
• 81st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (Kiev, Kiev Oblast)
  • 14th Guards Bomber Aviation Division (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast)
  • 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)

The 70th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps and the 81st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps was disbanded 8.56.

Organisation 1958:

• 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
• 14th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast)
• 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 106th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Uzin, Kiev Oblast)
• 139th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Priluki, Chernigov Oblast)
• 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Engels, Saratov Oblast)
• 204th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Stryy, Lvov Oblast)
• 477th independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Reconnaissance (Mirgorod, Poltava Oblast)

1.7.60 renamed 43rd Missile Army.

Bases:

• Kiev, Kiev Oblast, 1945 - 4.46
• Vinnitsa, Vinnitsa Oblast, 4.46 - 7.60

Subordination:

• Kiev Military District, 1945 - 4.46
• Long-Range Aviation (DA), 4.46 - 7.60