76th Air Army

76-я Воздушная Краснознамённая Армия

Military Unit: 00000

Commanders:

• Colonel-General Stepan Dmitrievich Rybalchenko, 11.42 - 7.46
• Lieutenant-General Petr Petrovich Arkhangelskiy, 7.46 - 3.47
• Lieutenant-General Fedor Petrovich Polynin, 6.47 - 5.50
• Lieutenant-General Ivan Petrovich Zhuravlev, 5.50 - 1.56
• Lieutenant-General Dmitriy Tikhonovich Nikishin, 1.56 - 11.59
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Iosifovich Davidkov, 11.59 - 6.62
• Major-General Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub, 6.62 - 8.63
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Iosifovich Davidkov, 8.63 - 7.64
• Lieutenant-General Vladimir Dmitrievich Uglyanskiy, 7.64 - 4.68
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Babaev, 4.68 - 8.73
• Lieutenant-General Nikolay Vasilevich Shibanov, 8.73 - 9.78
• Colonel-General Aleksandr Ivanovich Babaev, 9.78 - 1.85
• Lieutenant-General Yuriy Dmitrievich Mikhaylin, 1.85 - 8.87
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Fedorovich Tarasenko, 8.87 - 12.88
• Lieutenant-General Boris Yurevich Nikoforov, 12.88 - 10.93
• Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Ivanovich Basov, 10.93 - 7.98

Activated 11.42 as the 13th Air Army.

Organisation 5.45:

• 281st Assault Aviation Division
• 275th Fighter Aviation Division
• 13th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
• 199th Aviation Communications Regiment

10.1.49 renamed 76th Air Army.

Organisation 1962;

• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 26th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast)
• 722nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast)
• 247th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 48th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)

4.64 renamed VVS Leningrad Military District.

4.4.68 renamed 76th Air Army.

In 1968 the 26th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the Far East.

Organisation 1970:

• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 66th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Veshchevo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 67th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Siverskaya (Siverskiy-2), Leningrad Oblast)
• 722nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast)
• 247th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 48th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)

15.1.74 awarded the Red Banner.

4.80 renamed VVS Leningrad Military District.

Organisation 1980:

• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 66th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Veshchevo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 67th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Siverskaya (Siverskiy-2), Leningrad Oblast)
• 722nd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast)
• 247th independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 227th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast)
• 48th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)

5.88 renamed 76th Air Army.

The 66th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was transferred to the Baltic Fleet 12.89.

Organisation 1990:

• 98th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast)
• 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment (Siverskaya (Siverskiy-2), Leningrad Oblast)
• 722nd Bomber Aviation Regiment (Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast)
• 138th independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 227th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast)
• 48th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)

The 149th Mixed Aviation Division joined the Air Army 7.92 from Poland.

Organisation 1996:

• 149th Mixed Aviation Division (Smuravevo, Pskov Oblast)
• 202nd independent Mixed Aviation Squadron (Levashovo, Leningrad Oblast)
• 227th independent Helicopter Squadron for Electronic Warfare (Apatity, Murmansk Oblast)
• 48th independent Communications Regiment and Automated Control Regiment (Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast)

7.98 absorbed by the 6th Army VVS and PVO.

Bases:

• Leningrad, Leningrad Oblast, 1945 - 1998

Subordination:

• Leningrad Military District, 1945 - 1998