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Russian Air Force

Military unit
Unit nameВоенно-воздушные cилы России
Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii
Russian Air Force
CountryRussian Federation
(previously the Soviet Union and Russian Empire)
RoleDefeating enemy units, reconnaissance, defence of major military units and facilities
Size210,000 personnel
2,749 aircraft
AnniversariesAugust 12
Insignia
Roundel (Current and Previous)авиации"

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The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные cилы России, transliteration: Voyenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii) is the air force of Russia. With 2,749 aircraft, it is the second largest Air Force in the world. It is currently under the command of Colonel General Aleksandr Zelin. The Russian Navy has its own air arm, the Russian Naval Aviation, which is the former Soviet Aviatsiya Voyenno Morskogo Flota ("Naval Aviation"), or AV-MF).

The Air Force was formed from parts of the former Soviet Air Forces after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991-92. Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on May 7, 1992, can be taken as a convenient formation date for the new Air Force. Since that time, the Air Force has suffered severe setbacks due to lack of resources, and has constantly shrunk in size. Since Vladimir Putin became President of the Russian Federation however, much more money has been allocated to the Armed Forces as a whole. It remains to be seen whether such extra financial resources can be translated into combat capability in terms of well trained pilots, flying well maintained aircraft with ample training resources.

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Air Forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States

AM Armenian Air Force * AZ Azerbaijan Air Force * BY Belarusian Air Force * KZ Kazakhstan Air Force * KG Kyrgyz Air Force * MD Moldovan Air Force * RU Russian Air Force * Russian Naval Aviation * TJ Tajik Air Force * TM Turkmenistan Air Force * UA Ukrainian Air Force * Ukrainian Naval Aviation * UZ Uzbek Air Force
In process of leaving the CIS: Georgia Georgian Air Force
Defunct: USSR Soviet Air Force * Soviet Air Defence Forces * Soviet Naval Aviation

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