16th Air Army

16th Red Banner Air Army Памятный знак ветерана 16 воздушной армии.jpg Memorial badge 16th Air Army 1942–2009 USSR Soviet UnionRussia Russia 22px Soviet Air Force 22px Russian Air Force Group of Soviet Forces in Germany World War II Sergey Rudenko The 16th Red Banner Air Army (ru 16-я воздушная Краснознамённая армия) was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air Force, it was from its 2002 reformation to its 2009 disbandment the tactical air force component of the Moscow Military District. The 16th Air Army took part in the Battle of Berlin with 28 Aviation divisions and 7 Separate aviation regiments, and was located with the GSFG in East Germany until 1994. Withdrawn to Kubinka in that year, the army was disbanded and reformed as a corps in 1998. From 1949 to 1968, it was designated as the 24th Air Army. World War II thumb|Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft of the 197th Assault Aviation Division's 567th Assault Aviation Regiment flying towards Berlin, 1 May 1945 The army began forming on 8 August 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad and originally included the 220th Fighter Aviation Division (IAD) and 228th Assault Aviation Division (ShAD) of the 8th Air Army, as well as two separate aviation regiments. Around the end of August and the beginning of September, the 283rd IAD and 291st Mixed Aviation Division (SAD) arrived from the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. On 4 September, the army had 152 serviceable aircraft, composed of Yakovlev Yak-1 and Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighters, Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik ground attack aircraft, and Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bombers. It took part in Operation Uranus, the counteroffensive that successfully cut off German troops in Stalingrad, as part of the Don Front during November and December 1942, under the command of Major General Sergei Rudenko.http://users.pandora.be/stalingrad/russianpart/rusooburanus.html Uranus Order of Battle 2017-01-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20080518072100/http://users.pandora.be/stalingrad/russianpart/rusooburanus.html 2008-05-18 dead On 19 November, when the offensive began, the army had a total of 249 serviceable aircraft.Prussakov Vasiliev Ivanov Komarov 1973 45 It was involved in the Battle of Kursk, and was part of the First Belorussian Front for the liberation of Belarus, the Lublin-Brest Offensive, and the assault on Berlin. In Germany On 29 May 1945, Stavka directive No. 11095 was issued (effective from 10.6.45), by which order the 1st Belorussian Front became the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany. The order also promulgated the new structure of 16th Air Army:http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/army/16va.htm 16th Red Banner Air Army Holm Michael ww2.dk 23 April 2016 3rd Bomber Aviation Corps (Finow, East Germany) 183rd Bomber Aviation Division (Oranienburg, East Germany) 241st Bomber Aviation Division (Werneuchen, East Germany) 301st Bomber Aviation Division (Finow, East Germany) 6th Bomber Aviation Corps (Szprotava, Poland) 113th Bomber Aviation Division (Poznan-Kreising, Poland) 326th Bomber Aviation Division (Sagan, Poland) 334th Bomber Aviation Division (Poznan-Lawica, Poland) 6th Assault Aviation Corps (Finsterwalde, East Germany) 197th Assault Aviation Division (Strausberg, East Germany) 198th Assault Aviation Division (East Germany) 2nd Guards Assault Aviation Division (Wittstock/Rechlin, East Germany) 9th Assault Aviation Corps (Finsterwalde, East Germany) 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Division (Finsterwalde, East Germany) 300th Assault Aviation Division (Cottbus, East Germany) 11th Guards Assault Aviation Division (Jüterbog-Altes Lager, East Germany) 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (Perleberg, East Germany) 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Ludwigslust, East Germany) 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Perleberg, East Germany) 240th Fighter Aviation Division (Tutow, East Germany) 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps (Lager Döberitz-Falkensee, East Germany) 265th Fighter Aviation Division (Brandenburg, East Germany) 278th Fighter Aviation Division (Elstal, East Germany) 286th Fighter Aviation Division (Dallgow, East Germany) 13th Fighter Aviation Corps (Halle/Leipzig area, Germany) 193rd Fighter Aviation Division (Altenburg, East Germany) 283rd Fighter Aviation Division (Köthen or Halle, East Germany) 282nd Fighter Aviation Division (Grossenhain, East Germany) 9th Guards Night-Bomber Aviation Division (Straussberg, East Germany) 16th independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Schönwalde, East Germany) 93rd independent Artillery Correction Regiment (Fürstenwalde, East Germany) 98th independent Artillery Correction Regiment (Zerbst, East Germany) 226th Separate mixed wing (Sperenberg Airfield, East Germany) 62nd Guards Aviation Regiment GVF (Berlin-Adlershof, East Germany) 919th independent Communications Aviation Squadron (East Germany) For a long period after the war, the army was stationed with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, headquartered at Zossen-Wünsdorf. In 1949, it was renamed the 24th Air Army, but was reformed as the 16th in 1968. Withdrawal from Germany thumb|300px|Armies of the Western Group of Forces, 1991 thumb|300px| Sperenberg airfield, one of the main bases of the air army The 16th Air Army ceremonially said farewell to Germany at the Sperenburg Open Day on 27 May 1994.Chris Lofting & Kieron Pilbeam, 'Sperenburg,' Air Forces Monthly, February 1995, p. 41. On that day the Air Army Headquarters was moved to Kubinka in the Moscow Military District. However the last aircraft from the 226th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment did not leave Sperenberg Airfield until 6 September 1994. A visiting Il-76MD was the last aircraft movement three days later. In 1989 it consisted of subordinate units and formations as follows:http://usmlm.us/history/usmlm-library/group-of-soviet-forces-in-germany/ Советские войска в Германии, 1945-1994 : памятный альбом / Sowjetische Truppen in Deutschland : 1945-1994 : Gedenkalbum Molodaya Gvardiya 1994 5-235-02221-1 Moscow 22 ru, de Soviet Troops in Germany, 19451994: Memorial Album 2017-02-12 2017-02-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090313/http://usmlm.us/history/usmlm-library/group-of-soviet-forces-in-germany/ dead Headquarters, Zossen-Wünsdorf 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Merseburg) 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Großenhain) 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Falkenberg/Elster) 85th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Merseburg) 968th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Kobiz) 139th Aviation Technical Regiment (Merseburg) 16th Guards Fighter Aviation Division (Damgarten) 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Wittstock) 773rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Damgarten) 787th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Finow) 126th Fighter Aviation Division (Zerbst) 35th Fighter Aviation Regiment (Zerbst) 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Altes Lager (Menzlin)) 125th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Rechlin) 19th Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lerz) 20th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Groß Dölln) 105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division (Großenhain)See also Michael Holm, 105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division, accessed November 2011 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Großenhain) 559th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Finsterwalde) 911th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Brand) Separate units, directly subordinated to the 16th Air Army 11th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment (Welzow, later withdrawn to North Caucasus and joined 4th Air Army)Separate units list is translated from http://www.genstab.ru/gsvg_16.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20161026102214/http://www.genstab.ru/gsvg_16.htm 2016-10-26 , translation of base names from Orbat.com, Archive – Warsaw Pact in 1989 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000852/http://orbat.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26&sid=e9d6cb18959e44571afbf05abfef72c5 2016-03-04 226th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment (Sperenberg, later relocated to Kubinka, see below) 357th Separate Assault Aviation Regiment (Brandis, Germany) 368th Separate Assault Aviation Regiment (Tutow, later withdrawn to North Caucasus and joined 4th Air Army) See also List of Soviet military sites in Germany Airfields on German territory The list below contains the main airfields of the 16th Air Army. The appropriate airfield call sign with the correlating nickname of the communications center is put in "quotation marks": site call sign coms center(nickname) coordinates Ahlstedt «vodoyom (ru водоём)» «tonus (тонус)» tbd Altenburg airfield «proran (проран)» «stolbik (столбик)» 50 58 55 N 12 30 23 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Altes Lager airfield «lektsya (лекция)» «kniga (книга)» 51 59 46 N 12 59 2 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Brand airfield «zveroboy (зверобой)» «prosyolok (просёлок)» 52 2 20 N 13 44 56 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Brandis airfield «zapayka (запайка)» «optika (oптика)» 51 19 42 N 12 39 25 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Damgarten airfield «sobol (cоболь)» «urozhay (урожай)» 54 15 56 N 12 25 58 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Dresden «aryol (aрёол)» «mebel, lira (мебель, лира)» tbd Falkenberg airfield «baikal (байкал)» «samokatsik (самокатчик)» 51 32 52 N 13 13 41 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Finow airfield «narzan (нарзан)» «napayka, meshalka (напайка мешалка)»52 49 38 N 13 41 37 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Finsterwalde airfield «gorodok (городок)» «probar (проба)» 51 36 27 N 13 44 17 E region:DE-BB_type:landmark Grossenhain airfield «ararat (aрарат)» «tsekan bagatzrskiy (чекан, богатырский)» 51 18 42 N 13 33 33 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Köthen airfield «zemelnyi (земельный)» «zenitnyi (зенитный)» 51 43 16 N 11 57 42 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Mahlwinkel «osenniy (осенний)» «mukha, uksus (муха, уксус)» 52 23 24 N 11 46 59 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Magdeburg (Cochstedt) «садовый» «аэроплан» 51 51 21 N 11 25 5 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Merseburg airfield «muskat (мускат)» «tsaevod, radost (чаевод, радость)» 51 21 43 N 11 57 2 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Neuruppin «khuydor (хуторок)» «powodok, plavshchik (поводок, плавщик)» 52 47 36 N 12 45 37 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Nohra «voevoda (воевода)» «nagrad (нагар)» 50 57 55 N 11 14 2 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Oranienburg airfield «zadar (задар)» «rtunyi (ртутный)» 52 44 4 N 13 12 58 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Parchim airfield «pushistyi (пушистый)» «klits (клич)» 53 25 37 N 11 47 0 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Rechlin–Lärz Airfield «gusar (гусар)» «metallist (металлист)» 53 18 23 N 12 45 11 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Stendal-Borstel airfield «kukan (кукан)» «kumysny (кумысный)» 52 37 58 N 11 49 54 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Sperenberg airfield «souvenir (сувенир)» «izvoztsik (извозчик)» 52 08 13.21 N 13 18 25 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Templin airfield (Groß Dölln) «leopard (леопард)» «nozh, povelitel (нож, повелитель)» 53 1 44 N 13 30 59 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Tutow airfield (Demmin) «baas (баас)» «serdolik (сердолик)» 53 55 19 N 13 13 8 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Welzow airfield «baas (баас)» «serdolik (сердолик)» 51 34 22 N 14 8 22 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Werneuchen airfield «galerny (лагерный)» «postament (постамент)» 52 37 59 N 13 1 22 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Wittstock aifield «gazovy (газовый)» «postament (подкос, водонос)» 53 12 8 N 12 31 20 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark Zerbst «karetny (каретный)» «kinzhal, tsaynik (кинжал, чайник)» 52 0 3 N 12 8 55 E region:DE-TH_type:landmark In the Russian Federation On 1 June 1998, the 16th Air Army was disbanded and its units incorporated into the Moscow District of VVS and PVO, in accordance with the amalgamation of the Air Forces and the Russian Air Defence Forces (former Soviet Air Defence Forces).Pyotr Butowski, Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation, Part 2, International Air Power Review, AIRTime Publishing, No.13, Summer 2004, 1-880588-84-6, p.87 This was quickly reversed and on 25 November 1998, the 16th Mixed Aviation Corps was formed from the former units of the army. The corps was reformed as the 16th Air Army on 1 February 2002.http://old.redstar.ru/2002/02/07_02/2_01.html ru:Возвращение Знамени Bozhyeva Olga 7 February 2002 Krasnaya Zvezda 15 May 2017 ru Return of the Banner Savasleyka is another airbase within the Moscow Military District's boundaries, but its exact operational status is currently unclear, as the formerly resident unit, the 54th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, was not listed as operational in the most widely available recent survey of Russian air power, which was done by Air Forces Monthly in August and September 2007. The 54th Regiment had previously been withdrawn from Vainode Air Base in Latvia.'Twin Base Training,' Air Forces Monthly, December 2002 Russian internet sources now say it has been reorganised as the 3958th Air Base.http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/russia/air/va/16va_mvo.htm ru:16-я воздушная армия Vad777 ww8.brinkster.com ru 16th Air Army https://archive.today/20080110072449/http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/russia/air/va/16va_mvo.htm 10 January 2008 dead 15 May 2017 The 16th Air Army was planned in 2007 to receive two regiments of the advanced Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers.November 2020 As part of the extensive reorganization of the Russian Air Force in 2009, the army was withdrawn from the Special Purpose Command on 1 July, and its disbandment was completed by 1 December.http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=308289 ru:Завершается история Шестнадцатой воздушной армии 8 August 2009 vesti.ru 15 May 2017 ru Story of the 16th Air Army Ends Most of its units were transferred to the 1st Air and Air Defence Forces Command. 2007 structure 16th Air Army – KubinkaButowski Piotr July 2007 Force Report: Russian Air Force Air Forces Monthly 82 237th Guards Air Technology Demonstration Centre – Kubinka (MiG-29, Su-27, Su-27M, L-39C) 226th Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment – Kubinka 83rd Separate Communications Regiment – Kubinka 105th Mixed Aviation Division, Voronezh 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment – Voronezh Malshevo/Baltimor, Voronezh (Su-24, being replaced by Su-34) 899th Assault Aviation Regiment – Buturlinovka (Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft, being also replaced with Su-34) 47th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment – Shatalovo (MiG-25 and Su-24MR in service) 14th Guards Leningrad Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment – Kursk Vostochny Airport (MiG-29) Arrived Zherdevka (air base) in 1991, moved to Khalino-Kursk in 1998 or 1999.Holm Michael 14th Guards Leningradskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment im. Zhdanov https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/14gviap.htm 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment – Andreapol (air base) (MiG-29) 45th Separate Helicopter Regiment – Kaluga (attack helicopter, Mi-9 (airborne command post and relay)) 440th Separate Helicopter Regiment – Vyazma (attack helicopter, Mil Mi-9) 490th Separate Helicopter Regiment – Tula (attack helicopter, Mil Mi-9) Commanding generals Commanding generals of the 16th Air Army were as follows: 30em Pavel Stepanov, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1942) Sergey Rudenko, Colonel general of the aviation (1942-1947) Filipp Agaltsov, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1947-1949) Vyatseslv Zabaluev, Major general of the aviation (1949-1950) Konstantin Vershinin, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1950-1951) Ivan Podgorny, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1951-1954) Evgeny Loginov, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1954-1956) Geory Zimin, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1956-1960) Ivan Pstygo, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1960-1967) Aleksey Katrits, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1967-1973) Aleksandr Babaev, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1973-1978) Vladimir Korotskin, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1978-1983) Aleksey Goryaniov, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1983-1987) Yevgeny Shaposhnikov, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1987-1988) Anatoly Trasenko, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1988-1993) Boris Kazatsky, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1993-1998) Valery Retunsky, Lieutenant general of the aviation (1998-2007) Aleksandr Belevits, Major general of the aviation (2007-2009) References Citations 30em Bibliography http://militera.lib.ru/h/16va/index.html 16-я воздушная. Военно-исторический очерк о боевом пути 16-й воздушной армии (1942—1945) Prussakov G.K. Vasiliev A.A. Ivanov I.I. Komarov G.O. Voenizdat 1973 Moscow ru 16th Air: Military-Historical Essay on the Combat Path of the 16th Air Army, 19421945 External links Woezik, Rene van, and Lok, Joris Janssen, "Working up to leaving: despite withdrawal, the Soviet Air Force in Germany is being modernised", Jane's Defence Weekly, Vol. 16, No. 10, Sept 7, 1991 p415(2) (0265-3818) Jane's Information Group. Soviet ORBAT from last years in Germany ru https://web.archive.org/web/20080110072449/http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/russia/air/va/16va_mvo.htm ru http://oko-planet.su/politik/politikarm/13853-v-rossijskoj-armii-sozdano-komandovanie-vozdushno.html – new Operational-Strategic Command for Air and Space Defence reported. The command will be established by the end of 2010 and located at Balashikha near Moscow, where the previous 1st Air Defence Corps was located. 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