16th Air Army
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The 16th Red Banner Air Army was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air Force, it was from its 2002 refor
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Ilyushin Il-2 attack aircraft of the 197th Assault Aviation Division's 567th Assault Aviation Regiment flying towards Berlin, 1 May 1945
Sperenberg airfield, one of the main bases of the air army
Ilyushin Il-2
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The Ilyushin Il-2 is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word shturmovík, the generic Russian term for a ground-attack aircraf
16th Air Army
…Supreme High Command. On 4 September, the army had 152 serviceable aircraft, composed of Yakovlev Yak-1 and Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 fighters, Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik ground attack aircraft, and Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bombers. It took part in Operation Uranus, the counteroffensive that successfully cut off…
A Soviet Air Force Ilyushin Il-2M in flight
Il-2M at MAKS air show
Il-2 in Museum of the Polish Army in Warsaw
Soviet Il-2 planes attacking a German column during the Battle of Kursk