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	Encyclopedia: Soviet Air Force
		Air superiority is defined in the NATO Glossary as That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, and air forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the...
		The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		The MiG-25 is a Russian interceptor that was the mainstay of the Soviet air defence.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Soviet-Air-Force (2868 words)

	Air force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An air force is a military organization that primarily operates in air-based war.
		Some air forces such as the British Royal Air Force have a unique rank structure; other air forces such as the United States Air Force (USAF) have a rank structure on the Enlisted side that is unique, but Officer corps uses army-style rank.
		The organization structures of the air forces also vary: some air forces (such as the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force) are divided into commands, groups and squadrons; others (such as the Soviet Air Force) have an army-syle organizational structure.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_Force (361 words)

	Soviet Aerospace Forces — A Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Soviet Air Force is divided into three separate components, and it has the responsibility for providing tactical support to the Ground Forces, strategic bombing operations, and military airlift support.
		The Soviet Navy directs all naval forces and is committed to a strategic mission, upgrading its capability for waging general war and projecting Soviet naval power and influence abroad.
		Chapter 7, "Life in the Soviet Air Force," may be the most interesting chapter in the book because it gives the opportunity to compare a U.S. Air Force officer’s life-style with that of his counterpart in the Soviet Union.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1981/jul-aug/kelly.htm (1223 words)

	Soviet Air Force
		The Soviet Air Force had one of the most beautiful flags ever made; unfortunately, it is also one of the least known in the West.
		The Soviet AF flag image of this NGM booklet [gsh34] is a fairly faithful reproduction, I would say, except that the rays should be roughly as wide as the blue “strips”.
		In 1924, the Soviet Union adopted for its Air Force a a design similar to the earlier flag of the Aeronautic Section of the Imperial Russian Navy.
	www.fotw.us /flags/su^af.html (694 words)

	Chinese Defence Today - Air Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The PLA Air Force was formally organised in 1949.
		During the past decade the PLA Air Force has purchased over 120 Russian-made Sokhoi Su-27 and Su-30 fighter aircraft, and is accepting indigenously produced third-generation aircraft such as the J-10, J-11 and JH-7.
		Although the PLA Air Force is still generally regarded as obsolete compared to Western air forces, it has already made some impressive progress in the past decade.
	www.sinodefence.com /airforce (503 words)

	Colloquium on Contemporary History, Seminar 6
		During the long and arduous war with Germany, the Soviet Air Force had evolved as a kind of flying artillery, linked organically to the army, and deployed for cooperative interaction with the ground forces.
		Jan Alksnis, the Soviet Air Commander, appeared to be an ardent enthusiast of Douhet.
		Soviet air doctrine, even with its outward pretensions of clarity, consistency, and scientific grounding (as opposed to Western "military art"), was not coherent, except in a formal, often propagandistic, sense.
	www.history.navy.mil /colloquia/cch6c.html (3262 words)

	Obato: Support of the Soviet Air Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This statement, taken from a speech made by Soviet minister of defense at the conclusion of the Neman major exercise in 1968, is a useful reminder that an understanding of Soviet Air Force (SAF) operations is incomplete without an understanding of the Soviet Air Force Rear Services, their logistics system.
		The basic combat element of the SAF is the air regiment.
		The reason, perhaps, is that the air regiment commander normally has a higher rank and, within the military district or group of forces, ultimately reports to a commander whose rear services chief is only one of several deputies.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1983/nov-dec/waddell.html (3239 words)

	Russian Air Force 2
		The first rapid change was when the air force potential dropped from about 20,000 pilots and 13,000 aircraft to 13,000 pilots and 5,000 aircraft.
		In Russia the air forces were now held in much higher respect, since the Tashkent treaty secured Russia only about a half of the tanks, personnel carriers and the artillery, but as much as two thirds of the combat aircraft.
		The air force units equipped with the best and most modern fleet were transferred from East Germany and Poland to the areas of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Northern Caucasus.
	www.saunalahti.fi /~fta/ruaf-2.htm (1790 words)

	Yugoslav Partisan Air Force
		The Yugoslav Partisan Air Force was never a single united organisation, but instead was made of three separate elements, equipped and trained in three different ways.
		Yugoslavia was invaded by Axis forces on 6 April 1941 and was forced to surrender on 17 April.
		In January 1945 the Air Force of the NOVJ was renamed the Air Force of the Yugoslav Army (Vazduhoplovstvo Jugoslovenske Armije), and later the RV i PVO - Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo i Protivvazdusna Odbrana (Air Force and Anti-Aircraft Defence).
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /waf/yugo/yugo-part-home.htm (1148 words)

	The Soviet Air Force versus the Luftwaffe: A.D.Harvey Assesses the Role of the Soviet Air Force in the Defeat of Nazism ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		- The Soviet Air Force versus the Luftwaffe: A.D.Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism
		The Soviet Air Force versus the Luftwaffe: A.D.Harvey assesses the role of the Soviet Air Force in the defeat of Nazism.
		SOVIET RUSSIA, HAVING INVESTED lavishly in military aviation, had the most powerful air force in the world in the mid-1930s, in terms of both numbers and technical excellence.
	www.questia.com /PM.qst?a=o&d=5000684819 (319 words)

	RB-47 Overflies the Soviet Union - US Air Force Museum Cold War History Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In most cases, the planes were forbidden to fly into Soviet airspace, but in a few cases the need for information outweighed the risk of overflight and a plane was sent into the Soviet Union.
		The US Air Force had strong suspicions that the Soviets were getting ready to deploy a follow-on to the MiG-15 and needed to find out for sure.
		Additionally, the USAF's Strategic Air Command needed to know how many Soviet long range bombers were stationed at the northern bases on and near the Kola peninsula.
	www.wpafb.af.mil /museum/history/coldwar/cw13.htm (712 words)

	Late Period Soviet Air Force Patches
		This section covers the patches that were worn by members of the Soviet Air Force and paratroopers following uniform changes of 1988.
		Development of the air force patch introduced in 1969 began early in 1967 at the order of Minister of Defense A.A. Grechko.
		All air force and paratrooper stripes remained the same as before.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1989_AFpatches.htm (359 words)

	M35 Brigade Commander of Soviet Air Force
		The M35 uniform regulations had the air force in its own unique "French Blue" uniform color as illustrated by the pilotka cap and breeches.
		However, in the field, the typical olive army color gymnnastiorka with air force insignia.
		The Air Force Pilotka was introduced in the blue color in 1935 and was worn through the end of the war even though the blue color was phased out at the start of hostilities.
	www.rathbonemuseum.com /USSR/RUBrig/RUBrig.html (401 words)

	Airacobras in the Soviet Union
		Over half of all the Airacobras produced went to the Soviet Union, and they were the most numerous of the foreign fighters in the Soviet air force inventory.
		Soviet pilots had first seen the Airacobra in Great Britain, when a group of pilots was sent to No. 601 Squadron at RAF Duxford for training.
		Soviet Air Force military doctrine was that its primary mission was to support the ground operations of the Soviet Army, and the P-39 was a natural for this role since it had an excellent low altitude performance and was heavily armed.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p39_19.html (711 words)

	USSR VVS Lt. General P. F. Zhigarev, Commander Soviet Air Force
		General Zhigarev was the commander of the Red Air Force in 1940 but was moved aside to make way for a more forceful commander as war loomed.
		He remained an active commander and later was Chief Marshal of the Air Force in 1955.
		The technical branch of the air force had a propeller with crossed hammers.
	www.rathbonemuseum.com /USSR/LuLtGn/SuLtGn.html (482 words)

	AS 600: Soviet Union (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Soviet Air Force: Doctrine, Organization and Technology, by Von Hardesty, pp 207-227.
		Jedi Knights in the Kremlin: The Soviet Military in the 1930s and the Genesis of Deep Battle, by Roman J. Jarymowycz, pp 121-144.
		The story of the Sikorsky S-16 fighter, in conjunction with the evolution of the Squadron of Flying Ships and the Imperial Russian Air Force, demonstrates that Russia possessed the technical know-how to design state-of-art aircraft and the doctrinal savvy to employ them to great effect.
	www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/sov/sov.htm (716 words)

	Soviet Air Force -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Early victories by the (Click link for more info and facts about I-16) I-16 fighter were squandered because of the limited use of that fighter.
		The Voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony (Air Defense Forces), or (Click link for more info and facts about Voyska PVO) Voyska PVO, which focused on air defense and (Click link for more info and facts about interceptor aircraft) interceptor aircraft, was then a separate and distinct service within the Soviet military organization.
		Russia received the majority of these forces, approximately 40% of the aircraft and 65% of the manpower, with these forming the basis for the new (Click link for more info and facts about Russian Federation Air Force) Russian Federation Air Force
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/so/soviet_air_force.htm (859 words)

	MiG-21.de
		The MiG-21 played the same role for the Soviet Air Force like the Kalashnikov assault rifle for the land forces still does: it was a robust, reliable weapon system and available in large quantities.
		From the early sixties to the middle of the eighties Soviet MiG-21 were based in the GDR, in Poland, Czechoslovakia (since 1968) and Hungary.
		The MiG-21bis and MiG-21UM of the Croatian Air Force are supposed to have been delivered by the Ukraine.
	mig-21.de /English/USSR.htm (942 words)

	Soviet Air Force Fighter Colors 1941-45 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After all, we surmised, the Soviets just used whatever was around (such as tractor paint) to paint their planes.
		Well, though there were cases when this was true, for the most part, the Soviet military was just like others in that they did have specifications for colors to use on their planes.
		His claim is that the idea that Soviet planes were crude is a result of Allied and Western propaganda and not at all true.
	m2reviews.cnsi.net /scotts/books/sfcamo.htm (672 words)

	Air Marshall Alexander A. Novikov
		In 1946 Novikov fell victim to a Stalinist purge of his beloved Air Force, only to be released and rehabilitated after the death of the dictator.
		Army staff, and saw the tiny Red Air Force in action against the mutineers. After the campaign was resolved young Novikov was posted back with the infantry.
		Though thousands of heretofore ground officers were being transferred into the Air Force during the thirties, Novikov’s vision had not considered good enough for an aviator. It took arm twisting by his Military District commander, but Novikov was reassigned as chief of staff of the 450
	userpage.fu-berlin.de /~broszies/generalstab/schule/novikov/novikov_02.html (498 words)

	Civ 3 :: View topic - P-39 Airacobra Soviet Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But the air war on the Eastern Front was diferent from the West.
		Soviet ams factories were all moved east of the Urals, beyond th range of german bombers....
		NO AP rounds were given to the soviets for "tank hunting" but many incendiaries were.
	www.cdgroup.org /forums/tbs/civ3/viewtopic.php?t=6643 (1067 words)

	Soviet Air Force Patches 1969-1979
		This section covers the patches that were worn by members of the Soviet Air Force following uniform changes of 1969.
		These stripes were sewn on the left sleeve of the tunic and greatcoat one centimeter below the branch of service insignia.
		All air force and paratrooper stripes were thermally molded plastic on light blue felt.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1969_AFpatches.htm (269 words)

	Antonov An-22 Antheus (Cock)
		The first An-22 flew on 27 February 1965, and was publicly displayed at the Paris International Air Show later that year.
		Production was ended in 1974 after approximately 75 aircraft had been delivered to the Soviet Air Force and Aeroflot.
		While the Antheus has been superseded by the larger, jet-powered An-124 "Condor", the surviving aircraft are still heavily utilized as they offer rare payload carrying characteristics.
	www.theaviationzone.com /factsheets/an22.asp (288 words)

	Soviet Air Force Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		During the Cold War the VVS was divided into three segments: Dal'naya Aviatsiya (Strategic Aviation), or DA, focused on long-range bombers; Frontovaya Aviatsiya (Frontal Aviation), or FA, focused on battlefield air defense, close air support, and interdiction; and the Voenno Transportsiya Aviatsiya (Military Transport Aviation), which controlled all transport aircraft.
	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Soviet_Air_Force (662 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Sierra Leone - Gunrunners . Gallery of International Arms Dealers . Victor Anatoliyevich Bout \| PBS
		In fact, intelligence sources close to the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda associates say they are beginning to turn their attention to clandestine arms traffic as a way to learn what the terrorist network and its allies are up to.
		Afghan and U.A.E. air industry sources reported a meeting between "two Russians" and the United Arab Emirates representative of Ariana, the Afghan national airline, in which it was agreed that Bout's Air Cess would provide wheels, tires and other military goods for the Taliban air force.
		The article notes that in the same year Bout's company Air Cess was seen in connection with UNITA rebels in Angola against U.N. sanctions, it also legally ferried U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan to East Timor.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/sierraleone/bout.html (2513 words)

	AllRefer.com - Qazvin, Iran (Iranian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		In 1722 the city was temporarily captured by the Afghans.
		During World War I it was occupied by Russian forces.
		In 1941 the city was bombed by the Soviet air force and after World War II was a stronghold during the brief Soviet occupation of N Iran.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/Q/Qazvin.html (251 words)

	Soviet Air Force Fighter Colours, 1941-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The book starts with a treatise of the VVS(Army Air Force) color systems including a detailed breakdown on colors, types of paints used, interior colors, and painting of various components.
		Each chapter on the individual aircraft include numerous line drawings as well as full color plans detailing the various camouflage patterns that each aircraft were painted in, plus color profiles detailing specific aircraft.
		The author is quick to point out the irregularities of the color systems used as well as a fascinating insight into the workings of the various state aviation factories which makes this book an interesting read.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2003/september/new-releases/book_soviet.htm (177 words)

	Soviet Air Power In Perspective: Development And Impact, 1925 - 1942
		The Germans’ assessment of the impact of Soviet air was not
		Soviet Union, was the official name of the Soviet state.
		Russia, Soviet Union, and USSR are deemed interchangeable, as they were at the beginning of the war.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1995/SVA.htm (5759 words)

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