The 1st Air Defence Division is a military formation of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It traces its history to a corps of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, and later the Russian Air Force. The corps was headquartered at Severomorsk and was part of the 10th Air Defence Army from 1960 to 1994. It was formed as the Northern Air Defence Corps in 1957 and was assigned the designation "21st" three years later. It became a brigade in 2009 and was converted into a division in 2014.
1st Air Defence Division (2014–present)
1st Aerospace Defence Brigade (2009–2014)
21st Air Defence Corps (1960–2009)
Northern Air Defence Corps (1957–1960)
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 1st Aerospace Defence Brigade
The corps was originally established as the Northern Air Defence Corps in February 1957 with headquarters at Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast, part of the Northern Air Defence Army. On 21 March 1960 it gained a combined-arms number as the 21st Air Defence Corps, and at the same time the Northern Air Defence Army became the 10th Air Defence Army.[1]
The corps included an anti-aircraft missile regiment with a headquarters in Murmansk (the only military unit in this city), the 5th Radio Technical Brigade with headquarters in Severomorsk, and fighter air regiments based at the Klip-yavr, Afrikanda and Monchegorsk airfields.[1]
In April 1978, corps commander Vladimir Tsarkov ordered an Su-15 pilot to shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902 after the plane failed to respond to repeated orders to land, and approached the Soviet border with Finland. The Su-15 opened fire, forcing the plane to descend, and killing two of the 109 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 902. The plane made an emergency landing on the frozen Korpiyarvi lake (not to be confused with the Korpijärvi lake) near the Finnish border.[2]
The 10th Air Defence Army disbanded in December 1994, and the corps transferred to the 6th Separate Air Defence Army, which became the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army in 1998. In 2009, the formation became the 1st Aerospace Defence Brigade,[1] and the 6th Army became the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command.[3] In December 2014, the brigade was converted, along like other aerospace defence brigades,[4] into the 1st Air Defence Division, and became part of the Arctic Joint Strategic Command.[5] The division became part of the Northern Fleet by early 2017.[6]
defence, division, russia, defence, division, military, formation, russian, aerospace, forces, traces, history, corps, soviet, defence, forces, later, russian, force, corps, headquartered, severomorsk, part, 10th, defence, army, from, 1960, 1994, formed, north. The 1st Air Defence Division is a military formation of the Russian Aerospace Forces It traces its history to a corps of the Soviet Air Defence Forces and later the Russian Air Force The corps was headquartered at Severomorsk and was part of the 10th Air Defence Army from 1960 to 1994 It was formed as the Northern Air Defence Corps in 1957 and was assigned the designation 21st three years later It became a brigade in 2009 and was converted into a division in 2014 1st Air Defence Division 2014 present 1st Aerospace Defence Brigade 2009 2014 21st Air Defence Corps 1960 2009 Northern Air Defence Corps 1957 1960 Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 1st Aerospace Defence BrigadeActive1957 presentCountrySoviet Union until 1991 Russia since 1992 BranchSoviet Air Defence Forces Russian Aerospace Defence Forces Russian Aerospace ForcesTypeAir defencePart ofNorthern FleetGarrison HQSeveromorsk Contents 1 History 2 Composition 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe corps was originally established as the Northern Air Defence Corps in February 1957 with headquarters at Severomorsk Murmansk Oblast part of the Northern Air Defence Army On 21 March 1960 it gained a combined arms number as the 21st Air Defence Corps and at the same time the Northern Air Defence Army became the 10th Air Defence Army 1 The corps included an anti aircraft missile regiment with a headquarters in Murmansk the only military unit in this city the 5th Radio Technical Brigade with headquarters in Severomorsk and fighter air regiments based at the Klip yavr Afrikanda and Monchegorsk airfields 1 In April 1978 corps commander Vladimir Tsarkov ordered an Su 15 pilot to shoot down Korean Air Lines Flight 902 after the plane failed to respond to repeated orders to land and approached the Soviet border with Finland The Su 15 opened fire forcing the plane to descend and killing two of the 109 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 902 The plane made an emergency landing on the frozen Korpiyarvi lake not to be confused with the Korpijarvi lake near the Finnish border 2 The 10th Air Defence Army disbanded in December 1994 and the corps transferred to the 6th Separate Air Defence Army which became the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army in 1998 In 2009 the formation became the 1st Aerospace Defence Brigade 1 and the 6th Army became the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command 3 In December 2014 the brigade was converted along like other aerospace defence brigades 4 into the 1st Air Defence Division and became part of the Arctic Joint Strategic Command 5 The division became part of the Northern Fleet by early 2017 6 Composition EditIn 1988 the corps included 1 223rd Communication Center Severomorsk Murmansk Oblast 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO Monchegorsk Murmansk Oblast 431st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO Afrikanda Murmansk Oblast 941st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO Kilp Yavr Murmansk Oblast 39th Anti Aircraft Missile Brigade Olenegorsk Murmansk Oblast 42nd Anti Aircraft Missile Brigade Polyarny Murmansk Oblast 116th Guards Anti Aircraft Missile Brigade Bolshoye Ozerko Murmansk Oblast 224th Anti Aircraft Missile Brigade Gremikha Murmansk Oblast 864th Anti Aircraft Missile Regiment Murmansk Murmansk Oblast 5th Radio Technical Brigade Severomorsk Murmansk Oblast 502nd independent Electronic Warfare Battalion Kildinstroy Murmansk Oblast References Edit a b c d Holm Michael 21st Air Defence Corps ww2 dk Retrieved 1 May 2017 Rejs KAL 902 po raspisaniyu ne pribyl Retrieved 30 April 2017 Voenno vozdushnye sily Rossii davno nazrevshie reformy 2 Zhurnal Vozdushno kosmicheskaya oborona www vko ru Retrieved 1 May 2017 Brigady vozdushno kosmicheskoj oborony v VVS Rossii pereformirovany v divizii PVO TASS in Russian Retrieved 1 May 2017 Arkticheskij vektor PVO in Russian Retrieved 1 May 2017 Vozdushnyj bastion in Russian Retrieved 1 May 2017 External links Edithttp www redstar ru index php advice item 14532 strazhi zapolyarya http www mvestnik ru army pid20120208451l http www vesti ru doc html id 674921 http www redstar ru index php syria item 32791 nebo nad arktikoj Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1st Air Defence Division Russia amp oldid 1094419314, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
