1st Red Banner Air Army

1-я Воздушная Краснознамённая Армия

Military Unit: 06804

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Vasliliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 1.4.57 - 4.58
• Lieutenant-General Pavel Borisovich Dankevich, 4.58 - 4.61
• Lieutenant-General Sergey Yakovlevich Zhukovskiy, 4.61 - 1.64
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Dmitrievich Gaydaenko, 1.64 - 11.67
• Lieutenant-General Petr Semenovich Kirsanov, 11.67 - 12.70
• Lieutenant-General Oleg Aleksandrovich Balaganskiy, 12.70 - 5.72
• Lieutenant-General Petr Vasilevich Bazanov, 5.72 - 4.74
• Lieutenant-General Valentin Epifanovich Pankin, 4.74 - 12.79
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Efimovich Strishakov, 12.79 - 6.82
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Zakrevskiy, 6.82 - 12.84
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Fedorovich Bulankin, 12.84 - 5.88
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Ivanovich Malyukov, 5.88 - 10.90
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Fedorovich Kozlov, 10.90 - 12.93
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Petrovich Kozlov, 12.93 - 3.97
• Lieutenant-General Arkadiy Nikolaevich Barsukov, 3.97 - 6.98

Activated 1.4.57 in Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray, from the 29th Air Amy and the 54th Air Army - initially known as the 1st Special Far Eastern Air Army.

Organisation 1962:

• 303rd Mixed Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 404th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Novorossiya, Primorskiy Kray)
• 293rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Novorossiya, Primorskiy Kray)
• 257th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 16th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)

In 1968 the 26th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment and the 56th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was added to the army.

Organisation 1970:

• 303rd Mixed Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 404th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray)
• 26th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (10th Uchastok (Kalinka), Khabarovsk Kray)
• 56th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 293rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Novorossiya, Primorskiy Kray)
• 257th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 16th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)

In 10.70 the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment arrived from Germany.

The 83rd Mixed Aviation Division was activated in 1972.

Red Banner awarded 30.4.75.

The 300th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment joined the army in 1977.

Organisation 1980:

• 83rd Mixed Aviation Division (Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Khurba), Khabarovsk Kray)
• 303rd Mixed Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 404th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Ozernaya Pad - Kremovo, Primorskiy Kray)
• 300th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Pereyaslavka-2, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 293rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Varfolomeevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 257th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 16th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)

In 5.80 renamed VVS Far Eastern Military District.

In 1982 the 33rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was activated.

In 9.85 the 187th independent Assault Aviation Regiment was activated.

In 5.88 renamed 1st Air Army.

The 33rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was disbanded 10.89.

Organisation 1990:

• 28th Fighter Aviation Division (Kalinka, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 83rd Bomber Aviation Division (Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Khurba), Khabarovsk Kray)
• 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 187th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 293rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Varfolomeevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 257th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 16th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)

The 303rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was disbanded 1994.

Organisation 1995:

• 28th Fighter Aviation Division (Kalinka, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 83rd Bomber Aviation Division (Komsomolsk-na-Amure (Khurba), Khabarovsk Kray)
• 18th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (Galenki, Primorskiy Kray)
• 187th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (Chernigovka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 293rd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vozzhaevka, Amur Oblast)
• 799th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Varfolomeevka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 257th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Khabarovsk-Bolshoy, Khabarovsk Kray)
• 16th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray)

1.5.98 renamed 11th Army VVS and PVO.

Bases:

• Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Kray, 4.57 - 5.98  [48 28 32N, 135 07 37E]

Subordination:

• Far Eastern Military District, 4.57 - 5.98