4th Guards Air and Air Defence Forces Army

4th Guards Army of Air Forces and Air Defence Forces Army (1998–2009; reformed 1 August 2015) 4th Air Army (1942–1998)
Great emblem of the 4th Guards Air Army
Active	2015–present 1968–2009 1942–1949
Country	Russia  Soviet Union (until 1991)
Branch	Russian Air Force  Soviet Air Forces (until 1991)
Size	World War II: several air divisions 2000s: ~ 10–15 air regiments
Garrison/HQ	Rostov on Don
Engagements	Battle of the Caucasus Kerch–Eltigen operation East Prussian offensive Battle of Berlin 2008 South Ossetia war 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Wagner Group rebellion
Decorations	Order of the Red Banner
Commanders
Commanding Officer	Lieutenant General Nikolai Vasilyevich Gostev

The 4th Guards Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Russian: 4-я армия ВВС и ПВО) is an air army of the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Southern Military District and headquartered in Rostov-on-Don.

The 4th Air Army (4 Vozdushnaya Armiya) was a Soviet Air Force formation and from 1992 to 2009 was part of the Russian Air Force. From 1998 the army was designated the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. It was first established on 22 May 1942 from the Air Forces of the Soviet Southern Front, and fought on the Eastern Front until 1945. In 1949 it was redesignated the 37th Air Army.^[1] It was reformed on 4 April 1968 in Poland, and was active there with the Northern Group of Forces for over twenty years, shifting to the North Caucasus Military District in August 1992. The arrival of the Sukhoi Su-24 drastically changed its tasking in the 1980s.

It became the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command in 2009 but was reestablished from the command in 2015.