Russian Aviation Regiment

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. An Aviation Regiment (Russian: ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿) was a type of unit employed to organise aircraft and their crews in air combat in the Military Air Forces of the Red Army during the Second World War, the Military Air Forces of the Soviet Union, Forces of Anti Aircraft Defence of the Soviet Union (PVO) and Aviation of the Military Naval Fleet, and since 1991 remain major formations within the Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation and the Military Air Forces of the Fleets of the Russian Federation. The aviation regiments were constituent units of the aviation divisions and aviation Corps, and, the separate aviation regiments, as part of the Air Armies. The aviation regiments were homogeneously equipped with aircraft designed for specific types of combat, bombardment, assault, fighter and reconnaissance for the most part.

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