Soviet Air Forces

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air force military branch

The Soviet Air Forces were the aerial warfare branch of the Soviet Union’s military, playing a decisive role on the Eastern Front in World War II and later serving as a major component of Soviet power during the Cold War.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet Air Force	11
1st Air Army	1
2nd Air Army	1
Air Forces of the USSR	1
Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces	1
Soviet Air Force cadet school in Orenburg	1
Soviet Air Forces High Command	1
Soviet Air Forces units	1
Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Air Fleet	1
Военно-воздушные силы СССР	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air force ⓘ military branch ⓘ
alliedWith	Allies of World War II ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Eastern Front ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front of World War II Korean War ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ Winter War ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
doctrine	close air support for ground forces ⓘ emphasis on massed aviation ⓘ strategic nuclear delivery ⓘ
established	1918 ⓘ
establishedAs	Soviet Air Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Air Fleet
garrison	air bases across the Soviet Union ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
language	Russian ⓘ
nativeName	Soviet Air Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Военно-воздушные силы СССР
notableAircraft	Ilyushin Il-2 ⓘ Lavochkin La-5 ⓘ MiG-29 ⓘ surface form: Mikoyan MiG-29 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ⓘ Su-22 ⓘ surface form: Sukhoi Su-17 Sukhoi Su-24 ⓘ Sukhoi Su-25 ⓘ Sukhoi Su-27 ⓘ Sukhoi Su-7 ⓘ Tupolev Tu-16 bomber ⓘ surface form: Tupolev Tu-16 Tupolev Tu-22 bomber ⓘ surface form: Tupolev Tu-22M Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber ⓘ surface form: Tupolev Tu-95 Yakovlev Yak-3 ⓘ
notableCommander	Alexander Novikov ⓘ Konstantin Vershinin ⓘ Pavel Kutakhov ⓘ Pavel Zhigarev ⓘ
notableFeature	key component of Soviet nuclear deterrent ⓘ major instrument of Soviet power projection during the Cold War ⓘ one of the world’s largest air forces during the Cold War ⓘ played decisive role on Eastern Front in World War II ⓘ
notableOperation	Battle of Kursk ⓘ Battle of Moscow ⓘ Battle of Stalingrad ⓘ Battle of Berlin ⓘ surface form: Berlin Offensive Operation Bagration ⓘ air operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
opposedTo	Axis powers ⓘ NATO ⓘ
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
peakAircraftInventory	several tens of thousands of aircraft ⓘ
peakPersonnel	over 1,000,000 ⓘ
role	aerial warfare ⓘ air defense ⓘ air transport ⓘ reconnaissance ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ tactical air support ⓘ
shortName	VVS ⓘ
subBranch	Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ surface form: Air Defense Forces (PVO) (at various times separate) Frontal Aviation ⓘ Long-Range Aviation ⓘ Military Transport Aviation ⓘ
successor	Russian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Russian Air Force air forces of post-Soviet states ⓘ

Referenced by (85)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet government → airForceBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Spanish Republican Air Force → alliedWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Medal for Courage → associatedWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force

Supreme Commander-in-Chief → authorityOver → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Soviet Union)

Soviet-German Front → belligerent → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Southwestern Front Air Forces → branch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

OKB-1 → collaboratedWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force

Czechoslovak Air Force → cooperatedWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Allied air forces → coordinatedWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Yuri Gagarin → education → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force cadet school in Orenburg

Royal Hungarian Air Force → engagedAgainst → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

JG 52 → engagedOpponent → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-25 → enteredServiceWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-27 → enteredServiceWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Tupolev Tu-22 bomber → enteredServiceWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-22

this entity surface form: Long-Range Aviation of the Soviet Air Forces

Tupolev Tu-4 bomber → enteredServiceWith → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-4

Soviet Air Forces → establishedAs → Soviet Air Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Air Fleet

Soviet High Command → exercisedAuthorityOver → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Russian Armed Forces → formedFrom → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

VVS → fullNameInEnglish → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → hasAuthorityOver → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → hasPart → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Soviet Voronezh Front → includedUnit → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Voronezh Front

this entity surface form: 2nd Air Army

Battle of the Dnieper → involvedBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Crimean campaign → involvedMilitaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy → jurisdiction → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Forces units

Alexander Rutskoy → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Frontal Aviation → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Air Forces of the USSR

Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Ivan Kozhedub → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Marshal of the Soviet Union → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Vasily Stalin → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force

Yuri Gagarin → militaryBranch → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Kharkov defensive operations (1941) → militaryBranchInvolved → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Soviet Air Forces → nativeName → Soviet Air Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Военно-воздушные силы СССР

3rd Belorussian Front → notableAirFormation → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1st Air Army

Gagarin Air Force Academy → operatedBy → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Soviet Arctic expeditions → operatedBy → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force

Hawker Hurricane → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

MiG-29 → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-7 → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Tupolev Tu-2 bomber → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-2

Voskhod spacecraft → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Force

Yakovlev Yak-3 → operator → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) → opponent → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Luftwaffe → opposedBy → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Frontal Aviation → partOf → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Long-Range Aviation → partOf → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Military Transport Aviation → partOf → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ

Southwestern Front Air Forces → partOf → Soviet Air Forces ⓘ