Russian Aerospace Forces

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aerospace force military branch

The Russian Aerospace Forces are Russia’s unified military branch responsible for air and space operations, including air defense, space surveillance, and strategic aviation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Russian Aerospace Forces canonical	29
Russian Space Forces	6
Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation	2
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces	1
Russian Aerospace Forces Military Transport Aviation	1
Воздушно‑космические силы России	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace force ⓘ military branch ⓘ
conflict	Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ surface form: Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian military intervention in Syria ⓘ surface form: Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
country	Russia ⓘ
formedByMergerOf	Russian Aerospace Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Russian Aerospace Defence Forces Russian Air Force ⓘ
hasBranch	Air Force component ⓘ Air and Missile Defence component ⓘ Space Forces component ⓘ
hasMotto	Onwards to the heights! ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
inception	2015-08-01 ⓘ
languageOfWork	Russian ⓘ
legalForm	state military organization ⓘ
nativeName	Russian Aerospace Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Воздушно‑космические силы России
operates	air bases in Russia ⓘ air defence radar network ⓘ cosmodromes for military launches ⓘ space surveillance network ⓘ strategic bomber units ⓘ
partOf	Russian Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
precededBy	Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Air Defence Forces Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
responsibleFor	air defence of Russia ⓘ air operations ⓘ military space launches ⓘ missile defence of key facilities ⓘ operation of military satellites ⓘ space operations ⓘ space surveillance ⓘ strategic aviation operations ⓘ
scopeOfOperations	international ⓘ national ⓘ
shortName	VKS ⓘ
subordinateTo	Russian General Staff ⓘ surface form: General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation ⓘ
uses	airborne early warning and control aircraft ⓘ anti-ballistic missile systems ⓘ attack aircraft ⓘ combat aircraft ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ military satellites ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ space launch vehicles ⓘ strategic bombers ⓘ surface-to-air missile systems ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Russian Armed Forces → hasBranch → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber → usedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95

Military Transport Aviation → successor → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Aerospace Forces Military Transport Aviation

Sukhoi Su-24 → primaryUsers → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Sukhoi Su-25 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Plesetsk Cosmodrome → controlledBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces

Plesetsk Cosmodrome → runBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation → distinctFrom → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Kherson counteroffensive (2022) → militaryBranchInvolved → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Molniya-M rocket → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Molniya-M

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces

GLONASS → managedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces

Beriev A-50 → inServiceWith → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Beriev A-50 → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Beriev A-50 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Russian Air Force → componentOf → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Klimov RD-33 turbofan → usedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Klimov RD-33

Hip → usedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Mil Mi-8

MiG-35 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

MiG-35 → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Russian Air Defence Forces → cooperatesWith → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

A-50 AWACS → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Main Directorate of Electronic Warfare of the General Staff → coordinatesWith → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation

Main Directorate of Military Topography of the General Staff → providesSupportTo → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation

Tupolev Tu-160 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

AFRF → hasBranch → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Russian Aerospace Forces → nativeName → Russian Aerospace Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Воздушно‑космические силы России

Russian Aerospace Forces → formedByMergerOf → Russian Aerospace Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Aerospace Defence Forces

Kuznetsov NK-12 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Siege of Mariupol (2022) → hasParticipant → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Bear → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-95

Frogfoot → aircraftNamedUsers → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

GSh-30-2 30 mm cannon → usedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: GSh-30-2

Sukhoi Su‑34 → primaryUser → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: Sukhoi Su-34

Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–2017) → supportedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Belarusian Air Force and Air Defence Forces → cooperatesWith → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Kosmos-3M → operatedBy → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces

Angara launch complex → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Rokot → launchServiceProvider → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces

Kazakh Air Defense Forces → cooperatesWith → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

Svobodny Cosmodrome → operator → Russian Aerospace Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian Space Forces