4th Air Army - Structure 2007

Structure 2007

• Headquarters 4th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence – Rostov on Don
  • 1st Guards Composite Air Division – Krasnodar
    • 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment – Morozovsk – Su-24 in service. Previously based at Finsterwalde in East Germany with the 16th Air Army;
    • 959th Bomber Aviation Regiment – Eisk Airport – operates the Su-24 and L-39C;
    • 368th Assault Aviation Regiment – Budyonnovsk – Su-25;
    • 461st Assault Aviation Regiment – Krasnodar – Su-25;
    • 960th Assault Aviation Regiment – Primorsko-Akhtarsk – Su-25;
  • 51st Air Defence Corps – Rostov on Don (disbanded and reorganised in 2009 as 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence)
    • 3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment – Krymskaya, (ex 562nd) – Su-27;
    • 19th Fighter Aviation Regiment – Millerovo – MiG-29; (disbanded 2009 and reorganised as 6969th Aviation Base)
    • 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment – (ru:31-й истребительный авиационный полк) Zernograd – MiG-29. Previously based at Falkenberg in East Germany with the 16th Air Army. Disbanded 2009.
    • SAM Regiments

• • 11th Independent Reconnaissance Air Regiment – Marinovka – operates the Su-24MR. Formerly based with 16th Air Army, Welzow, East Germany;
  • 535th Independent Composite Air Regiment – Rostov on Don – Mi-8, An-12 and An-26 in service;
  • ex Army Aviation component
    • 55th Independent Helicopter Regiment – Korenovsk – Mi-24, Mi-8;
    • 325th Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment – Yegorlyskaya – Mi-26, Mi-8;
    • 487th Independent Helicopter Regiment for battle control- Budyonnovsk – Mi-8, Mi-24;

In addition to the above forces, Russian aviation forces in Armenia, probably within the ambit of 4th Air Army, comprise 18 MiG-29 fighters of the 426th Fighter Squadron and the 700th Air Traffic Control Center, both at the 3624th Air Base at Erebuni Airport outside Yerevan.