6th Air Force and Air Defense Army: description, structure, functions and tasks

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According to the Decree issued by the State Defense Committee of the Soviet Union, in April 1942 the 6th Leningrad Red Banner Air Defense Army was created. During the Great Patriotic War, aviators and anti-aircraft gunners of this formation opposed the Nazi troops on the outskirts of Leningrad. In 1986, it was merged with the 76th Red Banner Air Army. 2009 was the year of the reform of the Russian Armed Forces, as a result of which the 1st Command of the Air Force and Air Defense was created. In August 2015, the legendary 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army was revived in the Russian Federation. You will find information about its structure, functions and tasks in the article.

Introduction

The idea of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was to improve coordination between military formations and the quality of interspecific interaction between aviation units and air defense with the Ground Forces and the Navy, since the Western Military District contains the Northern and B alticNavy. The territory of the Western Military District (Western Military District) became the place for the deployment of all military units of the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense. According to military experts, the new connection is responsible for the airspace, whose area is 2 million km. sq. In addition, the formation provides security on the border, with a length of over 3,000 km. Headquarters of the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense in the city of St. Petersburg.

History

The 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army has a heroic history. During the Great Patriotic War, the 6th separate army of the Air Defense, the 16th and 76th divisions of the VA (air army) showed heroism and stamina in battles with the enemy. During the blockade, personnel carried out the defense of Leningrad. From the very first days of the war, Soviet fighters and anti-aircraft gunners opened an account of destroyed enemy aircraft.

To protect the airspace over the city, the fighters used an air ram. Until that time, this combat technique was unfamiliar for Wehrmacht pilots. In 1941, on the Leningrad Front, the USSR Air Defense Forces thwarted an attempt by German aviation to destroy ships stationed in the B altic Fleet. The Soviet military command was given the task of protecting the Road of Life on the Leningrad Front. In 2005, for this feat, the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense was awarded the honorary title "Leningradskaya" by Russian President V. V. Putin. In addition, this military formation, together with the 76th and 16th air armies, liberated Belarus andPoland. The defense of Moscow and Kursk, the crossing of the Dnieper were also carried out with the participation of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army, which, fighting the enemy, entered Berlin. During the Great Patriotic War, these military formations destroyed fascist aircraft, numbering over 11 thousand units, tanks and armored vehicles - more than 5 thousand, artillery and anti-aircraft guns - about 5 thousand, trains - 1.5 thousand, officers and military personnel Wehrmacht - about 230 thousand people.

About the fleet

Today the 6th Army has the following aircraft:

• multifunctional Su-34 fighter-bombers;
• front-line Su-27 fighters;

• multifunctional Su-35S fighters;
• heavy Su-30SM fighter aircraft;
• MiG-31 interceptors;
• Su-24MR reconnaissance aircraft;
• military transport An;
• Tu-134 passenger planes;
• attack helicopters Mi-28N Night Hunter and Ka-52 Alligator;
• Mi-35 multipurpose helicopters;
• military transport helicopters Mi-8MTV.

The airfields of Lodeinoye Pole, Besovets and Kilp-Yavr, interceptors - Kotlas, transport and special aircraft - Pushkin and Lukashchovo, interceptors - Kotlas, front-line bombers - Smuravievo and Siversk, reconnaissance aircraft - Monchegorsk, helicopters - Pribilovo and Alakurti.

About artillery weapons

Anti-aircraft missile and radio engineering troops usefollowing SAMs:

• S-300 "Favorite". This anti-aircraft missile system is designed for medium range.
• S-400 "Triumph". This SAM system is long-range and medium-range.
• Self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems "Buk-M1".
• Self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun systems with ground-based "Pantsir-S1".

In addition, the servicemen of the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense have various radar stations and other types of equipment at their disposal.

Command staff

The command of the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army was carried out by the following officers with the rank of Lieutenant General of Aviation:

• From 1998 to 2000 A. I. Basov.
• From 2004 to 2005 G. A. Torbov.
• From 2005 to 2009 V. G. Sviridov.
• Since 2015, Major General Alexander Duplinsky. Prior to his appointment as commander of the 6th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense, the fifty-three-year-old regular military man had the opportunity to lead the 1st Leningrad Red Banner Air Force and Air Defense Command. Previously, his places of service were Belarus, the Far East and the Southern Military District in Russia.

Tasks

6 The Air Force and Air Defense Army (St. Petersburg) of the Russian Federation has long-range, military transport and army aviation, anti-aircraft, missile and radio engineering troops. With their help, the military formation must perform the following actions:

• Notify the Headquarters of the Armed Forces, military district, fleet, civil defense in the event of an enemy attack from the air.
• Win and maintain dominance in the sky.
• Cover troops and strategically important facilities.
• Support Ground Forces and Navy with aircraft.
• To hit objects representing the military and economic potential of the enemy.
• Destroy nuclear missile, anti-aircraft and aviation groups and their reserves, as well as enemy air and sea landing forces.
• Destroy ship groups at any point of their location: sea, ocean, naval bases, ports or any other deployment points.
• Perform landing of military equipment and personnel behind enemy lines.
• Transport military equipment and ground forces.
• Conduct strategic, operational and tactical air reconnaissance.
• Control the airspace in the border zone.

About line-up

The 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army was equipped with the following military formations:

• 105th Guards Mixed Aviation Red Banner Division of the Order of Suvorov. Located in the city of Voronezh.
• 8th Aviation Division of the Red Banner. This special purpose formation is based in the city of Shchelkovo.
• 549 Red Banner Aviation Base. Stationed in St. Petersburg, at the Pushkin airfield.
• 15th brigade. Army aviation is located in the city of Ostrov at the Veretye airfield.
• 33rd separate transport mixed aviation regiment (Levashovo airfield).
• 32-Division of Air Defense in the city of Rzhev.
• 2nd Red Banner Air Defense Division inKhvoyny settlement.
• 565 by the center in charge of provision. Stationed in Voronezh.
• 378th air base at the Dvoevka airfield in the city of Vyazma. Army aviation is located.

V/h 17646

The personnel of military unit No. 17646 are responsible for reconnaissance radar activities, namely the collection and transmission of information about the enemy for air defense systems and air defense.

Refers to the 6th Air Force and Air Defense Army. The address of the military unit: the village of Khvoyny, Krasnoselsky district in the Leningrad region. 2013 was the year of the rearmament of the regiment. Today, soldiers have all- altitude detectors and radar stations at their disposal.