4th Red Banner Air Army VGK ON

4-я Воздушная Краснознамённая Армия ВГК ОН

Military Unit: 21206, from 1.49: 18350; from 10.92: 40911

Commanders:

• Major-General Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin, 7.5.42 - 9.42
• Major-General Nikolay Fedorovich Naumenko, 9.42 - 3.43
• Colonel-General Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin, 3.43 - 4.3.46
• Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 4.46 - 9.48
• Major-General Mikhail Nikolaevich Kalinushkin, 9.48 - 6.50
• Lieutenant-General David Yakovlevich Slobodzhan, 6.50 - 1.53
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Iosifovich Davidkov, 1.53 - 11.59
• Lieutenant-General Grigoriy Stepanovich Kontsevoy, 11.59 - 4.62
• Lieutenant-General Boris Nikolaevich Eremin, 4.62 - 5.65
• Lieutenant-General Boris Dmitrievich Melekhin, 5.65 - 11.71
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Stepanovich Golichenko, 11.71 - 8.75
• Lieutenant-General Veniamin Petrovich Barmin, 8.75 - 11.79
• Lieutenant-General Dmitriy Vasilevich Bobrov, 11.79 - 10.85
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Fedorovich Kozlov, 10.85 - 10.90
• Lieutenant-General Boris Konstantinovich Zotov, 10.90 - 3.92
• Major-General Anatoliy Petrovich Basov, 3.92 - 2.93
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Sergeevich Mikhaylov, 2.93 - 6.98
• Lieutenant-General Valeriy Mikhailovich Gorbenko, 7.98 - 11.00
• Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Nikolaevich Zelin, 11.00 - 8.02
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Nikolaevich Gorbas, 8.02 - 18.1.07
• Lieutenant-General Igor Vladimirovich Miroshnichenko, 18.1.07 - 9.09
• Major-General Mikhail Mikhaylovich Nikiforov, 9.09 - 2012
• Major-General Andrey Vyacheslavovich Yudin, 2012 - today

Activated 7.5.42 from the VVS Southern Front.

Organisation 7.45:

• 8th Fighter Aviation Corps (Legnica Poland)
• 4th Assault Aviation Corps
• 5th Bomber Aviation Corps
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland) with Pe-2R
• 844th Transport Aviation Regiment (Swidnica, Poland) with Li-2

10.1.49 renamed 37th Air Army.

Organisation 1.60:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland) with Mi-4
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland) with Il-28R
• 330th independent Reconnaissance Regiment (Choyna, Poland) with MiG-15R
• 149th Fighter Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)
• 172nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 183rd Bomber Aviation Division (Brzheg, Poland)

Organisation 1962:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland)
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland)
• 215th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance (Brzheg, Poland)
• 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)

7.64 renamed VVS Northern Group of Forces.

22.2.68 awarded the Red Banner.

4.4.68 renamed 4th Air Army.

In 4.68 the 688th independent Helicopter Transport Regiment joined the army.

Organisation 1970:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland)
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland)
• 215th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance (Brzheg, Poland)
• 688th independent Helicopter Transport Regiment (Legnica, Poland) with Mi-6 and Mi-8
• 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)

8.80 renamed 4th Air Army VGK ON.

Organisation 1980:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland) with Mi-4
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland) with Il-28R
• 688th independent Helicopter Transport Regiment (Legnica, Poland) with Mi-6 and Mi-8
• 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)

In 7.82 the 149th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division was renamed 149th Bomber Aviation Division.

In 8.84 the 215th independent Aviation Squadron for Tactical Reconnaissance was renamed 151st independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare.

Organisation 1.89:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland) with An-12, An-26 and Mi-8
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Brzheg, Poland) with MiG-25 and Su-24
• 151st independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare (Brzheg, Poland)
• 688th independent Helicopter Transport Regiment (Legnica, Poland) with Mi-6 and Mi-8
• 132nd Bomber Aviation Division (Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast)
• 149th Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)

In 8.89 the 151st independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare left the army.

10.12.89 the 132nd Bomber Aviation Division was transferred to the Baltic Fleet.

Organisation 1.91:

• 19th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Legnica, Poland)
• 245th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Legnica, Poland) with An-12, An-26 and Mi-8
• 164th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Krzywa, Poland) with MiG-25 and Su-24
• 149th Bomber Aviation Division (Szprotawa, Poland)
• 239th Fighter Aviation Division (Kluczewo, Poland)

7.98 renamed 4th Air Army VVS and PVO.

Organisation 2000:

• 42nd independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast)
• 535th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast)
• 51st Air Defense Corps (Korps PVO) (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast)
• 1st Guards Assault Aviation Division (Krasnodar, Krasnodar Kray)
• 10th Mixed Aviation Division (Yeysk, Krasnodar Kray)

1.3.2009 renamed 4th Air Force and Air Defence Command.

Bases:

• Swidnica, Poland, 8.45 - 1952
• Legnica, Poland, 1952 - 10.92 [51 12 29N, 16 08 09E]
• Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast, 10.92 - today [47 13 48N, 39 42 31E]

Subordination:

• 2nd Belorussian Front, 1944 - 6.45
• Northern Group of Forces, 6.45 - 8.80
• Long-Range Aviation (DA), 8.80 - 10.92
• North Caucasian Military District, 10.92 - today