37th Air Army VGK SN

37-я Воздушная Армия ВГК СН

Military Unit: 44402

Commanders:

• Lieutenant-General Ivan Vladimirovich Gorbunov, 1980 - 1985

• Lieutenant-General Petr Stepanovich Deynekin, 1985 - 5.88

• Lieutenant-General Igor Mikhailovich Kalugin, 5.88 - 11.97

• Lieutenant-General Mikhail Mikhailovich Oparin, 11.97 - 11.02

• Lieutenant-General Igor Ivanovich Khvorov, 15.11.02 - 15.5.07

• Major-General Pavel Vasilevich Androsov, 15.5.07 - 8.09

Activated 1.8.80 in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, from HQ Long-Range Aviation.

Organisation 1980:

• 44th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)

• 364th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Vorkuta, Komi ASSR) with Mi-8 and An-24/26

• 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast)

• 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Dolon, Semipalatinsk Oblast)

• 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Engels, Saratov Oblast)

Organisation 1990:

• 44th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)

• 364th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Vorkuta, Komi ASSR) with Mi-8 and An-24/26

• 73rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast)

• 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Dolon, Semipalatinsk Oblast)

• 201st Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Engels, Saratov Oblast)

The HQ of the 37th Air Army VGK and the Long-Range Aviation was merged 11.90 - 4.98.

Organisation 2000:

• 44th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Moscow, Moscow Oblast)

• 43rd Center for combat training and retraining of crews (Ryazan, Ryazan Oblast) with Tu-22M3, Tu-134UBL and An-26

• 203rd Guards Aviation Regiment of Tanker Aircraft (Dyagilevo, Ryazan Oblast) with Il-78

• 6212th Aviation Technical Base for discarded aircraft (Engels, Saratov Oblast) with Tu-22

• 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Engels, Saratov Oblast)

• 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (Ukrainka, Amur Oblast)

5.8.09 renamed Long-Range Aviation Command.

Bases:

• Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 1980 - 2009 [55 43 57N, 37 34 37E]

Subordinated:

• Long-Range Aviation (DA), 2.88 - 5.98

• GK VVS, 5.98 - 8.09