| 10th Air Army | |
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| Active | 1942–1949 |
| Branch | Soviet Air Force |
| Part of | Unknown |
The 10th Air Army was a unit of the Soviet Air Forces during the Cold War years.
The unit was originally on Sakhalin Island during the mid-1940s.
On 3 September 1945 it included:[1]
- 18th Mixed Aviation Corps
- 96th Assault Aviation Division
- 296th Fighter Aviation Division
- 777th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- 140th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron
- 28th independent Artillery Correction Squadron
- 83rd Bomber Aviation Division
- 128th Mixed Aviation Division
- 255th Mixed Aviation Division
- 253rd Assault Aviation Division
- 29th Fighter Aviation Division
- 254th Fighter Aviation Division
- 7th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment
- 411th independent Artillery Correction Regiment
- 344th Transport Aviation Regiment
In July 1948 it was transferred to Vozzhayevka airfield west of Khabarovsk.[2]
By a directive of 10 January 1949, it became the 29th Air Army.
As of 1950, the army operated airfields at Vozzhayevka, Pozdeyevka (Pozdeevka), Zavitinsk (Zavitaya), and Kuibyshevka.[2]
In 1957, the 29th Air Army was amalgamated with the 54th Air Army, and became the 1st Special Far Eastern Air Army.
References[]
- ↑ Michael Holm, 29th Air Army
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AIR AND GROUND ORDER OF BATTLE, CIA-RDP82-00457R004100090007-4, Central Intelligence Agency, 1950.
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