4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command


The 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command was a formation of the Russian Air Force. It was formed on 1 December 2009 from the amalgamation of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army and 5th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. The command's headquarters was in Rostov-on-Don, and it was responsible for the air defence of the North Caucasus Military District and the Volga-Urals Military District. The command became the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army again on 1 August 2015.

Structure

It comprised the 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence, in the North Caucasus Military District, and the 8th Military Space Defence Brigade in the Volga-Urals Military District. The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was formed from the 51st Air Defence Corps.
Combat Aircraft contradicted themselves between their text and a table regarding the 4th A&AD Command in their June 2010 issue. The text followed the above data drawn from warfare.ru, with the table saying that forces in the Volga-Ural Military District would come under the 3rd Air and Air Defence Force Command in the Siberian Military District.
The 7th Brigade of Missile-Space Defence was the former 51st Air Defence Corps. In 2000 it had 7,500 personnel of which 2,500 were air crew. It also had 164 aircraft. In December 2007 it received upgraded 3D radars.
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