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Russian Federation Air Force

Russian Air Force
Военно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii
Medium emblem of the Военно-воздушные силы Российской Федерации.svg
Russian Air Force emblem
Founded May 1992; 24 years ago (1992-05)
Country  Russia
Type Air force
Size

148,000 personnel (2014)
Approx. 3,040+ to 3,155 aircraft

3547 aircraft (2016) [1]
Part of Russian Aerospace Forces
Headquarters Moscow
March "" (Russian: Авиамарш)
Anniversaries 12 August
Engagements First Chechen War
War of Dagestan
Second Chechen War
Russo-Georgian War
Syrian Civil War
Commanders
Current
commander
Colonel General Viktor Bondarev
Insignia
Flag Flag of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.svg
Roundel (1992–2010, 2013–present) URSS-Russian aviation red star.svg
Roundel (2010–2013) Russian Air Force roundel 2010-2013.svg
Air Forces of Russia

Russian Empire

Air Force (1909–1917)

Soviet Union

Red Air Force (1918–1991)

Naval Aviation (1918–1991)

Air Defence (1948–1991)

Strategic Rocket Forces (1959–1991)

Russian Federation

Air Force (1991–present)

Naval Aviation (1991–present)

Strategic Rocket Forces (1991–present)


148,000 personnel (2014)
Approx. 3,040+ to 3,155 aircraft

The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, tr. Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii, literally "military air forces of Russia") is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on the 1 August 2015 with the merger of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The modern Russian Air Force was originally established on the 7 May 1992 following Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence. However the air force can trace its lineage and traditions back to the Imperial Russian Air Service (1912–1917) and the Soviet Air Forces (1918–1991).

The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno-morskogo Flota (lit. "Aviation of the military-sea fleet"), or AV-MF.

Russian Empire

Air Force (1909–1917)

Soviet Union


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