VVS

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VVS was the air force branch of the Soviet Union’s armed forces, responsible for military aviation and air defense operations.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military organization
air force
military branch
alliance Warsaw Pact
branchOfService air force
country Soviet Union
dissolvedWith dissolution of the Soviet Union
equipmentType attack aircraft
bomber aircraft
fighter aircraft
helicopters
reconnaissance aircraft
transport aircraft
fullName Russian Air Force
surface form: Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily
fullNameInEnglish Soviet Air Forces
garrisonLabel headquarters
governedBy Ministry of Defense of the USSR
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the Soviet Union
ideologyContext communism
operatedAircraftModel Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
surface form: MiG-15

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
surface form: MiG-21

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
surface form: MiG-23

MiG-25
MiG-29
Su-17
Sukhoi Su-24
surface form: Su-24

Sukhoi Su-25
surface form: Su-25

Sukhoi Su-27
surface form: Su-27

Sukhoi Su-7
surface form: Su-7

Tupolev Tu-16 bomber
surface form: Tu-16

Tupolev Tu-160
surface form: Tu-160

Tupolev Tu-22 bomber
surface form: Tu-22M

Tupolev Tu-20 / Tu-95 strategic bomber
surface form: Tu-95
operatedBy Soviet Union
partOf Soviet armed forces
surface form: Armed Forces of the Soviet Union
primaryMission defense of Soviet airspace
nuclear strike capability
support of Soviet ground forces
role air defense
air superiority
air transport
military aviation
reconnaissance
strategic bombing
tactical air support
successor Russian Air Force
air forces of post-Soviet states
usedInConflict Cold War
Korean War
World War II
surface form: Second World War

Soviet–Afghan War

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