Soviet Air Forces

Soviet Air Forces
Военно-Воздушные Силы СССР Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily SSSR
Flag of the Soviet Air Forces
Founded	24 May 1918
Disbanded	14 February 1992
Country	Russian SFSR (1918–1922)  Soviet Union (1922–1991)  CIS (1991–1992)
Size	10,101 aircraft (1973) 7,859 aircraft (1990)
Part of	Soviet Armed Forces
Main staff	Moscow
March	"March of the Pilots"
Commanders
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces	See list
Insignia
Roundel
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-25
Bomber	Il-28, Su-24, Tu-16, Tu-22, Tu-22M, Tu-95, Tu-160
Electronic warfare	A-50, Tu-126
Fighter	La-15, MiG-9, MiG-15, MiG-17, MiG-19, MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, MiG-29, Su-7, Su-17, Su-27, Yak-15, Yak-17
Helicopter	Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-14, Mi-17
Attack helicopter	Mi-24
Interceptor	MiG-25, MiG-31, Su-9, Su-11, Su-15, Tu-128, Yak-25, Yak-27, Yak-28P
Transport	An-12, An-22, An-124, Il-76
Tanker	Il-78

The Soviet Air Forces (Russian: Военно-Воздушные Силы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик, tr. Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily Soyuza Sovetskih Sotsialisticheskih Respublik, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II. The groups were also involved in the Korean War, and dissolved along with the Soviet Union itself in 1991–92. Former Soviet Air Forces' assets were subsequently divided into several air forces of former Soviet republics, including the new Russian Air Force. The "March of the Pilots" was its marching song.