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5th Air Army

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The 5th Air Army was an air army of the Soviet Air Forces and later the Ukrainian Air Force. [1]

35 relations: Air army (Soviet Union), Air warfare of World War II, Andrei Girich, Battle of Debrecen, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Kursk order of battle, Belgrade Offensive, Black Sea Fleet, Bratislava–Brno Offensive, Case Blue, Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, Kant (air base), Kant, Kyrgyzstan, Kirill Yevstigneyev, Kirovograd Offensive, List of squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force 2007, Mikhail Odintsov, Nikolay Mikhailovich Gusarov, North Caucasian Front, Odessa Military District, Operation Konrad III, Sergei Siniakov, Soviet Air Defence Forces, Soviet Air Forces, Soviet Air Forces Order of Battle 1 May 1945, Steppe Front, Steppe Military District, Ukrainian Air Force, Uman–Botoșani Offensive, Vladimir Aleksenko, 2008 Russian military reform, 240th Fighter Aviation Division, 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Air army (Soviet Union)

An air army was a type of formation of the Soviet Air Forces from 1936 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

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Air warfare of World War II

The air warfare of World War II was a major component in all theaters and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers.

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Andrei Girich

Andrei Ivanovich Girich (Russian: Андрей Иванович Гирич; 28 December 1918 – 11 April 1973) was a Ukrainian Soviet Air Force major general and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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Battle of Debrecen

The Battle of Debrecen, called by the Red Army the Debrecen Offensive Operation, was a battle taking place 6–29 October 1944 on the Eastern Front during World War II.

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Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk was a Second World War engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk (south-west of Moscow) in the Soviet Union, during July and August 1943.

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Battle of Kursk order of battle

The Battle of Kursk order of battle is a list of the significant units that fought in the Battle of Kursk between July and August 1943.

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Belgrade Offensive

The Belgrade Offensive or the Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation (Beogradska operacija, Београдска операција; Белградская стратегическая наступательная операция, Belgradskaya strategicheskaya nastupatel'naya operatsiya) (14 September 1944 – 24 November 1944) was a military operation in which Belgrade was liberated from the German Wehrmacht through the joint efforts of the Soviet Red Army, Yugoslav Partisans, and the Bulgarian People's Army.

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Black Sea Fleet

The Black Sea Fleet (Черноморский Флот, Chernomorsky Flot) is the fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea.

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Bratislava–Brno Offensive

The Bratislava–Brno Offensive was an offensive conducted by the Red Army in western Slovakia and south Moravia towards the end of World War II.

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Case Blue

Case Blue (Fall Blau), later named Operation Braunschweig, was the German Armed Forces' (Wehrmacht) name for its plan for the 1942 strategic summer offensive in southern Russia between 28 June and 24 November 1942, during World War II.

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Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive

The Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, also known in Soviet historical sources as the liberation of right-bank Ukraine, fought from 24 December 1943 – 17 April 1944, was a strategic offensive executed by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Ukrainian Fronts, along with the 1st Belorussian Front, against the German Army Group South, intended to retake all of the Ukrainian and Moldovian territories occupied by Axis forces.

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Kant (air base)

Kant Air Base (Авиабаза Кант Aviabaza Kant) is a military air base in Ysyk-Ata District of Chuy Oblast in Kyrgyzstan.

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Kant, Kyrgyzstan

Kant is a town in the Chuy Valley of northern Kyrgyzstan, some east of Bishkek.

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Kirill Yevstigneyev

Guards' Captain (later Major-General) Kirill Alekseyevich Yevstigneyev (Кирилл Алексеевич Евстигнеев) (– 29 August 1996) was a Soviet fighter pilot and one of the top Soviet aces of World War II.

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Kirovograd Offensive

The Kirovograd Offensive was an offensive by the Red Army's 2nd Ukrainian Front against the German 8th Army in the area of Kirovograd in central Ukraine between 5 and 16 January 1944.

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List of squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force 2007

This is a list of reported active squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force in 2007.

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Mikhail Odintsov

Mikhail Petrovich Odintsov (Михаи́л Петро́вич Одинцо́в) November 18, 1921 in Polozovo (Perm Governorate); † December 12, 2011 in Moscow) was a Russian journalist and writer, twofold Hero of the Soviet Union, colonel general of the aviation, distinguished military pilot of the USSR and World War II veteran.

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Nikolay Mikhailovich Gusarov

Nikolay Mikhailovich Gusarov (Russian: Никола́й Миха́йлович Гуса́ров; 4 December 1917 – 3 September 1979) was a Soviet Air Force colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union.

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North Caucasian Front

The North Caucasian Front or North Caucasus Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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Odessa Military District

The Odessa Military District (Одесский военный округ, ОВО) was a military administrative division of the Imperial Russian military, the Soviet Armed Forces and the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was known under such name from around 1862 to 1998.

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Operation Konrad III

Operation Konrad III was a German military offensive on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.

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Sergei Siniakov

Sergei Pavlovich Siniakov (1899–1983) was a Soviet Air Force general.

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Soviet Air Defence Forces

The Soviet Air Defence Forces (войска ПВО, voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, voyska PVO, V-PVO, lit. Anti-Air Defence Troops; and formerly protivovozdushnaya oborona strany, PVO strany, lit. Anti-Air Defence of the Nation) was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r (VVS), literally "Military Air Forces") was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union.

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Soviet Air Forces Order of Battle 1 May 1945

Following is the organization of the Soviet Air Forces (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) on May 1, 1945.

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Steppe Front

The Steppe Front (Степной фронт), later the 2nd Ukrainian Front (2-й Украинский фронт), was a ''front'' of the Red Army during the Second World War.

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Steppe Military District

The Steppe Military District was a military district of the Soviet Union, formed twice.

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Ukrainian Air Force

The Ukrainian Air Force (Повітряні Сили України, Povitryani Syly Ukrayiny) is a part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Uman–Botoșani Offensive

The Uman–Botoşani OffensiveTsouras, p. 244 or Uman-Botoshany Offensive (Уманско-ботошанская наступательная операция) was a part of the Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, carried out by the Red Army in western Ukrainian SSR against the German Army Group South.

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Vladimir Aleksenko

Vladimir Avramovich Aleksenko (Владимир Аврамович Алексенко; 27 January 1923 – 16 June 1995) was an attack aviation squadron and regimental commander during the Great Patriotic War and a double Hero of the Soviet Union. He was awarded his first Hero of the Soviet Union award for making 230 attack sorties. His second award was for making another 72 attack sorties. During World War II, Aleksenko made a total of 292 attack sorties. Aleksenko became a Lieutenant general postwar after graduation from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Between 1967 and 1974, he commanded the 5th Air Army.

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2008 Russian military reform

Significant reforms of the Russian Armed Forces were announced in October 2008 under Defence Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov, and major structural reorganisation began in 2009.

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240th Fighter Aviation Division

The 240th Fighter Aviation Division (240 IAD) was a fighter aircraft formation of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II.

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486th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 486th Fighter Aviation Regiment was a fighter regiment (IAP) of the Soviet Air Force.

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764th Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO is a regiment of the Russian Air Force.

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86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

The 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Military Unit Number 06858; 86th Gv. (Guards) IAP) was an aviation regiment of the Soviet Air Forces, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the main formation of the Moldovan Air Force.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Air_Army

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