5th Air Army
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The 5th Air Army was an air army of the Soviet Air Forces and later the Ukrainian Air Force. First formed in 1942 during World War II, the army provided air support to Soviet forces through the rest o
Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft, 1943, of the type used by assault units in the army
The 240th Fighter Aviation Division was a fighter aircraft formation of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II. It saw its most eventful actions during that war, and in 1949 became the 119th Fighte
5th Air Army
…District. It was renumbered the 48th Air Army on 10 January 1949 and from 1947 to 1958 controlled the few Soviet air units stationed in Romania. The 119th Fighter Aviation Division, with the 86th Guards, 161st, and 684th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments, joined the army in October 1951 after it relocated to Tiraspol. On 4 April…
A Yakovlev Yak-3 of the type operated by the 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
A Mikoyan MiG-29 of the type operated by the 86th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment