5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army

The 5th Army of VVS and PVO (5-я Краснознамённая армия военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны) was the Russian Air Force's smallest Air Army, with the headquarters located in Yekaterinburg. Its zone of responsibility was the Volga-Ural Military District, on the border between Europe and Asia.

5th Army of Air Forces and Air Defence
Active2001–2009
CountryRussia
BranchRussian Air Force
Size2000s: ~ 3-5 air regiments
Garrison/HQYekaterinburg

The army shared its numerical numbering, but little history/lineage, with the Soviet Air Forces' 5th Air Army of the Second World War.

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