8th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps

8-й отдельный тяжелый бомбардировочный авиационный корпус

Military Unit: 15502

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Ignatevich Molodchiy, 1960 - 12.64
• Major-General Aleksey Aleksandrovich Plokhov, 12.64 - 1968
• Major-General Leonid Ivanovich Agurin, 1968 - 1976
• Major-General Mikhail Alekseevich Kulikov, 1976 - 2.78
• Major-General Boris Vasilevich Balikhin, 2.78 - 8.80

Activated 8.60 in Blagovechensk, Amur Oblast, from parts of HQ 5th Air Army DA.

Organisation 1961:

• 114th independent Transport Aviation Squadron (Blagovechensk, Amur Oblast)
• 219th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Spassk-Dalniy (Khvalynka), Primorskiy Kray) with Tu-16R
• 1225th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast) with Tu-16K
• 1229th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast) with Tu-16K
• 55th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast)
• 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Dolon, Semipalatinsk Oblast)

Organisation 1978:

• 219th independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Spassk-Dalniy (Khvalynka), Primorskiy Kray) with Tu-16R
• 1225th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast) with Tu-16K
• 1229th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (Belaya, Irkutsk Oblast) with Tu-16K
• 55th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Vozdvizhenka, Primorskiy Kray)
• 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast)
• 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Dolon, Semipalatinsk Oblast)

1.8.80 renamed 30th Air Army VGK.

Bases:

• Blagovechensk, Amur Oblast (1960-1965)
• Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast (1965-1980)

Subordination:

• Long-Range Aviation (DA), 1960 - 1980