Long Range Aviation - Organization
Russia's armed forces underwent major organizational changes from July 1997. Long-range aviation and military transport aviation commands were reorganized as air armies of the Supreme High Command. As part of this reform, the Long-Range Air Force was eliminated, with its units becoming the 37th Air Army (Strategic) of the Supreme High Command (SHC).
The Far Eastern force deployed 107 Tu-95 Bear bombers of the G and H models and twenty Tu-160 Blackjack bombers. The Northern and Moscow military districts each house a heavy bomber regiment of twenty modern Tu-22M high-performance jet bombers. The Tu-22M has less range than the older Tu-95 models, but it is better suited to modern air warfare. According to experts, the Bears are located in Asia because they match China's obsolete air defenses, and the more modern aircraft are in Europe to be matched against the more formidable West European defenses.
Long Range Aviation - Order of Battle [1997] | ||||
| 37th Air Army of the High Command [ex Long Range Aviation: DA (Dal'naya Aviatsiya)] | ||||
| U/I Long Range Aviation HQ unit | Il-22 | Ostatyevo | ||
| 271st Ind. Mixed Aviation Regt | An-12, -24, -26 | Ostafyevo | ||
| 43rd Combat Aircrew Training Center | Ryazan | |||
| 49th Heavy Bomber Training Regt | Tu-22M, Tu-95MS | Ryazan | ||
| 652nd Aviation Training Regt | L-29, L-39, MiG-23/27 | Tambov | ||
| 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | Ukrainka | |||
| 1223rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-95MS | Ukrainka | ||
| 1226th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-95MS | Ukrainka | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | unknown | |||
| 182nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-95MS | Mozdok | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Regt, | unknown | |||
| 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | Soltsi | |||
| 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Shaikovka | ||
| 840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Soltsi | ||
| 132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | ? ex-Estonia | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | Beiaya Tserkov | |||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Belaya Tserkov | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Belaya Tserkov | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | Ussuriysk | |||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Ussuriysk | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Regt | Tu-22M | Ussuriysk | ||
| U/I Heavy Bomber Aviation Division | unknown | |||
| 121st / 1096th Guards Heavy Bomber Avn Regt | Tu-160 | Engels | ||
| 230th Air Refuelling Aviation Regt | Il-78 | Engels | ||
| U/I Aviation Training Squadron | Tu-134UBL/BSh | Engels | ||
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