1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command

The 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a command of the Russian Air Force from 2009-2015. It was located at Voronezh and supervised air force operations in the Western Military District. It was created on 1 December 2009.

On 1 August 2015, it was reorganized as the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.^{[citation needed]}

It comprised the:^[1]

• 1st Air-Space Defense Brigade (Severomorsk)
• 2nd Air-Space Defense Brigade (St. Petersburg)
• 6961st Aviation Base (Petrozavodsk Airport) (Su-27)
• 6964th Aviation Base (Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast) (Su-24M, Su-24MP)
• 6965th Aviation Base (Viaz’ma, Smolensk Oblast) (Mi-8, Mi-24)
• 7000th Aviation Base (Voronezh) (Su-24M, Su-24MP, Su-34)

References

1. Dmitry Gorenburg, Air Force Structure, February 7, 2011