10th Independent Air Defence Army


The 10th Independent Red Banner Air Defence Army was an army of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, active from 1960 to 1994. The headquarters was at Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast.
The army originates from the White Sea Air Defense Corps :
To cover the European North in 1958 on the basis of the White Sea Air Defense Corps, the Northern Air Defense Army was formed in accordance with the directive of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces of June 17, 1958. The new army included:
In 1959 a Guards air defense artillery regiment was incorporated into the Northern Air Defence Corps; subsequently, the anti-aircraft missile brigade. In 1960, an air defense missile regiment was relocated from the Odessa Air Defense Corps to the Arkhangelsk Region with a control point in Mirny. To strengthen fighter aviation, the 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment was transferred from the Air Force of the Northern Fleet, reequipped with the Yak-25, and relocated to Letneozersky Plesetsk District.
On March 24, 1960, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defense Forces decided to transform the Northern Army into the 10th Independent Air Defense Army. Subordinate formations were also assigned combined-arms numbers:
Fighter Regiments of the 10th Army PVO 1988
RegimentBaseEquipmentRemarks
57th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentBesovetsSukhoi Su-15TM5th Air Defence Division, moved to Norilsk-Alykel 1990; disbanded 10.93. Absorbed 991st IAP 1978.
72nd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentAmderma AirportMikoyan MiG-314th Air Defence Division, honorifics Polotsk Order of Suvorov
174th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentMonchegorsk Mikoyan MiG-3121st Air Defence Corps, 2 Gds Naval IAP in 1945
265th Fighter Aviation RegimentPoduzhemye, Karelian ASSRSukhoi Su-15TM5th Air Defence Division. Disbanded 1994.
431st Fighter Aviation RegimentAfrikandaSukhoi Su-15TM21st Air Defence Corps
445th Fighter Aviation RegimentSavatiya Mikoyan MiG-25P23rd Air Defence Division
518th Fighter Aviation RegimentTalagiMikoyan MiG-3123rd Air Defence Division
524th Fighter Aviation RegimentLetneozerskMikoyan MiG-25P23rd Air Defence Division. Disbanded 1994
641st Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentRogachevoSukhoi Su-274th Air Defence Division
941st Fighter Aviation RegimentKilpyavrSukhoi Su-2721st Air Defence Corps

The army was disbanded on 1 December 1994.

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