14th Air Army
14th Air Army (1988–1994) Air Forces of the Carpathian Military District 14th Air Army 57th Air Army 14th Air Army (1942–1949) | |
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Active | 1942–1994 |
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Branch | |
Part of | Lvov (from 1945) |
Engagements | World War II |
Decorations | Order of the Red Banner |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders |
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The 14th Air Army was an air army of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II and the Cold War and of the Ukrainian Air Force in the early Post-Soviet period.
Soviet period
The Army was first formed from the Air Forces of the Volkhov Front in June 1942, and in 1943 participated in the Novgorod-Luga operation. In February 1944 it was dispersed, with the command staff assigned to the Reserve of the Supreme High Command (RVGK) and its units to other air armies. Reformed in April 1944, when it served with the 3rd Baltic Front, it was again dispersed in November 1944, with its staff again been allocated to the Stavka Reserve and its units to other formations. It was active on 1 May 1945 with the 107th Air Signals Regiment and the 30th Air Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet (Aeroflot), as part of the RVGK. However it became the 57th Air Army on 10 January 1949. 57th Air Army was included in 1964 Warsaw Pact war planning, being planned to be moved forward from the Carpathian Military District to become part of the Czechoslovak Front if war broke out between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.[1]
Reformed from the 57th Air Army in April 1968, and awarded the
Under the Ukrainian flag
Its units became part of the
In 2001, it included the
On 27 July 2002, 77 people were killed and around 300 wounded when a Su-27 crashed in the
Commanders
- Lieutenant-General Ivan Petrovich Zhuravlev, 27.7.42 - 2.47
- Lieutenant-General Vasiliy Georgievich Ryazanov, 2.47 - 4.49
- Colonel-General Sergey Kondratevich Goryunov, 4.49 - 2.50
- Chief Marshal of Aviation Konstantin Vershinin, 2.50 - 9.50[9]
- Colonel-General Vasliliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 9.50 - 1.53
- Lieutenant-General David Yakovlevich Slobozhan, 1.53 - 9.53
- Colonel-General Vasliliy Vasilevich Stepichev, 9.53 - 2.56
- Colonel-General Fedor Petrovich Polynin, 2.56 - 8.59[10]
References
- ^ Cold War International History Project, [1], accessed May 2010
- ^ "4th Fighter Aviation Division". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "48th independent Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- ^ "VVS". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
- ^ a b "База судебных решений" [Evidence for Court Rulings]. Ukrainian Legal Portal (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ Air Force Report: Ukraine Unveiled, Air Forces Monthly, March 1994, p.18.
- ^ Alexandrov, Alexander. "Вооруженные силы Украины на 1 января 2001 г." [Armed Forces of Ukraine on 1 January 2001]. soldat.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 9 June 2017.; Air Force Report: Ukraine Unveiled, Air Forces Monthly, March 1994, p.18.
- ^ Tereshchuk, Halyna (27 July 2017). "Скнилівська трагедія: 15 років болю і приховування фактів" [Sknyliv Tragedy: 15 years of pain and coverup]. Radio Svoboda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Biography of Chief Marshal of Aviation Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin - (Константин Андреевич Вершинин) (1900 – 1973), Soviet Union".
- ^ "Biography of Colonel-General of Aviation Fedor Petrovich Polynin - (Федор Петрович Полынин) - (Fiodor Połynin) (1906 – 1981), Soviet Union".