46th Red Banner Air Army VGK SN

46-я Воздушная Краснознаменная Армия ВГК СН

Military Unit: 47002

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Tarakanov, 8.80 - 8.87
• Lieutenant-General Boris Afanasevich Konstantinov, 8.87 - 12.92
• Lieutenant-General Leonid Efimovich Stolyarov, 12.92 - 10.94

Activated 1.8.80 in Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, from the 6th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps.

Organisation 1980:

• 64th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast)
• 20th independent Guards Transport Aviation Squadron (Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast) with An-12/24/26
• 199th Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Nezhin, Chernigov Oblast) with Tu-22R
• 290th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Zyabrovka, Gomel Oblast) with Tu-22R and Tu-16
• 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
• 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Tartu, Estonian SSSR)

Organisation 1990:

• 64th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast)
• 103rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast) with An-12/24/26
• 199th Guards Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Nezhin, Chernigov Oblast) with Tu-22R
• 290th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Zyabrovka, Gomel Oblast) with Tu-22R and Tu-16
• 13th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Poltava, Poltava Oblast)
• 15th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ozernoye, Zhitomir Oblast)
• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Bobruisk, Mogilev Oblast)
• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Tartu, Estonian SSSR)

Disbanded 10.94.

Bases:

• Smolensk, Smolensk Oblast, 8.80 - 10.94 [54 46 41N, 32 01 42E]

Subordination:

• Long-Range Aviation (DA), 8.80 - 10.94