Military Transport Aviation (VTA)

Военно-Транспортная Авиация (ВТА)

Military Unit: 25969

Commanders:

• Marshal of Aviation Nikolay Semenovich Skripko, 1955 - 1969
• Colonel-General Georgiy Nikolaevich Pakilev, 1969 - 1980
• Marshal of Aviation Aleksandr Nikitovich Volkov, 1980 - 1986
• Colonel-General Vyacheslav Vasilevich Efanov, 1986 - 1997
• Lieutenant-General Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Dyrdin, 1997 - 1999
• Lieutenant-General Viktor Fedorovich Denisov, 1999 - 2007
• Major-General Viktor Timofeevich Kachalkin, from 2007

Activated 12.10.55 in Moscow, Moscow Oblast, from the Transport Landing Aviation (TDA VDV).

Organisation 1970:

• 000 Central Communications Center (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 463rd independent Communications Battalion (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast)
• 6th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 7th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast)
• 12th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Migalovo, Tver Oblast)
• 14th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast)
• 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR)
• 81st Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
• 194th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Fergana, Fergana Oblast)
• 708th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)

Organisation 1980:

• 000 Central Communications Center (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 463rd independent Communications Battalion (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
• 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast)
• 6th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 7th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast)
• 12th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Migalovo, Tver Oblast)
• 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR)
• 192nd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Ukkurey (Nikolayevskoye), Chita Oblast)
• 194th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Fergana, Fergana Oblast)
• 708th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)
• 930th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast)

Organisation 1988:

• 000 Central Communications Center (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 463rd independent Communications Battalion (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
• 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Vitebsk, Vitebsk Oblast)
• 6th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Krivoi Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast)
• 7th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Melitopol, Zaporoshye Oblast)
• 12th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Migalovo, Tver Oblast)
• 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Siauliai, Lithuanian SSSR)
• 192nd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Ukkurey (Nikolayevskoye), Chita Oblast)
• 194th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Fergana, Fergana Oblast)
• 708th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Kirovobad, Azerbaidzhan SSR)
• 930th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Zavitinsk, Amur Oblast)

Organisation 1994:

• 000 Central Communications Center (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 463rd independent Communications Battalion (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast)
• 610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
• 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast)
• 12th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Migalovo, Tver Oblast)
• 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast)
• 23rd Military-Transport Aviation Division (Ulan-Ude, Buryatskaya SSSR)
• 708th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Taganrog, Rostov Oblast)

1.9.98 renamed 61st Air Army VGK (VTA).

Organisation 2000:

• 000 Central Communications Center (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast) [55 50 07N, 38 25 31E]
• 463rd independent Communications Battalion (Noginsk, Moscow Oblast) [55 50 07N, 38 25 31E]
• 610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
• 3rd Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division (Novgorod-Krechevitsy, Novgorod Oblast)
• 12th Military-Transport Aviation Division (Migalovo, Tver Oblast)
• 708th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Taganrog, Rostov Oblast)

1.12.2009 renamed Military-Transport Aviation Command.

HQ:

• Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 10.55 - today [central command point: 56 06 12N, 39 29 41E]