34th Air Army

34-я Воздушная Армия

Military Unit: 21052

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Evgeniy Makarovich Nikolaenko, 2.46 - 4.46
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Stepanovich Osipenko, 8.46 - 3.47
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Vasilevich Utin, 3.47 - 1.50
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Nikolaevich Bibikov, 1.50 - 6.50
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Vardenovich Naneyshvili, 6.50 - 12.51
• Lieutenant-General Sergey Sergeevich Aleksandrov, 12.51 - 2.55
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Filippovich Papivin, 2.55 - 12.60
• Lieutenant-General Pavel Fedorovich Chuykov, 12.60 - 7.62
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Semenovich Loginov, 7.62 - 5.71
• Lieutenant-General Grigoriy Ustinovich Dolnikov, 5.71 - 2.77
• Lieutenant-General Gennady Ivanovich Federyakov, 2.77 - 5.82
• Lieutenant-General Aleksey Semenovich Goryainov, 5.82 - 2.83
• Lieutenant-General Igor Evgenevich Buravkov, 2.83 - 10.86
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Petrovich Archarov, 10.86 - 11.92

Activated 2.46 in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, as the 11th Air Army.

Organisation 1946:

• 5th Fighter Aviation Corps
• 00 Assault Aviation Corps
  • 10th Guards Assault Aviation Division
  • 197th Assault Aviation Division
• 00 Bomber Aviation Corps
• 90th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
• 93rd independent Observation and Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

10.1.49 renamed 34th Air Army.

Organisation 1962:

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division (Mikha-Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR)
• 143rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kopitnari, Georgian SSR)
• 168th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR)
• 313th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vaziani, Georgian SSR)
• 882nd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dallyar, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 34th independent Training Aviation Regiment (Gyandzha-Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)
• 193rd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Novo-Alekseevka, Georgian SSR)
• 37th independent Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

Organisation 1970:

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division (Mikha-Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR)
• 143rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kopitnari, Georgian SSR)
• 168th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR)
• 313th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vaziani, Georgian SSR)
• 882nd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dallyar, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 29th independent Training Aviation Regiment (Sital-Chay, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 34th independent Training Aviation Regiment (Gyandzha-Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)
• 193rd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Novo-Alekseevka, Georgian SSR)
• 37th independent Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

6.80 renamed VVS Transcaucasus Military District.

Organisation 1980:

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division (Mikha-Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR)
• 143rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Kopitnari, Georgian SSR)
• 34th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Gyandzha-Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)
• 168th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR)
• 313th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vaziani, Georgian SSR)
• 882nd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dallyar, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 193rd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Novo-Alekseevka, Georgian SSR)
• 300th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Kala, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 286th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Dirbi, Georgian SSR)
• 37th independent Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

The 80th independent Assault Aviation Regiment was activated 2.81.

The 36th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was activated 8.84.

5.88 renamed 34th Air Army.

Organisation 1990:

• 283rd Fighter Aviation Division (Mikha-Tskhakaya, Georgian SSR)
• 36th Bomber Aviation Division (Bolshoye Shiraki, Georgian SSR)
• 80th independent Assault Aviation Regiment (Sital-Chae, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 313th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Vaziani, Georgian SSR)
• 882nd independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Dallyar, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 193rd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Novo-Alekseevka, Georgian SSR)
• 300th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Kala, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 286th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Dallyar, Azerbaizhan SSR)
• 37th independent Communications and Automated Control Regiment (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR)

11.92 disbanded.

Bases:

• Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, 2.46 - 11.92

Subordination:

• Transcaucasus Military District, 2.46 - 11.92