Southwestern Front Air Forces

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The Southwestern Front Air Forces were the Soviet Air Force formation responsible for providing air support and conducting aerial operations for the Red Army’s Southwestern Front during World War II.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet Air Force formation
military aviation unit
alliance Allies of World War II
branch Soviet Air Forces
commandStructure front-level command
conflict Eastern Front of World War II
Second World War
country Soviet Union
engagedIn defensive operations against German advances
offensive support operations for Red Army offensives
era World War II period
historicalRegionOfOperations Ukraine
southern USSR
militaryBranchOf Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
opponent Luftwaffe
Nazi Germany
partOf Red Army
Soviet Air Forces
role aerial operations
air support for ground forces
subordinateTo Southwestern Front
supportedFormation Southwestern Front of the Red Army
task air superiority missions
bombing of enemy positions
close air support
interdiction of enemy supply lines
reconnaissance flights
theater Southwestern sector of the Eastern Front
typeOfUnit front-level air forces

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Soviet Southwestern Front
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