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1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command

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The 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a command of the Russian Air Force. It was located at Voronezh and supervised air force operations in the Western Military District. It was redesignated on 1 December 2009 and the Western Military District air forces were taken over by the 6th Army of Air and Air Defence Forces.

On 1 August 2015, it was reorganized as the 6th Air Army.

It comprised the:

  • 1st Air-Space Defense Brigade (Severomorsk)
  • 2nd Air-Space Defense Brigade (St. Petersburg)
  • 6961st Aviation Base (Petrozavodsk Airport) (Su-27)
  • 6964th Aviation Base (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast) (Su-24M, Su-24MP)
  • 6965th Aviation Base (Viaz’ma, Smolensk Oblast) (Mi-8, Mi-24)
  • 7000th Aviation Base (Voronezh) (Su-24M, Su-24MP, Su-34)

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