List of squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force 2007

This is a list of reported active squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force in 2007.

Squadron/Detachment Type Headquarters Locations Formation Equipment
5th Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment ODRAO Kubinka, Moscow Oblast 55°36′29″N 36°37′57″E / 55.60806°N 36.63250°E / 55.60806; 36.63250 NA Antonov An-30
76th Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron OVTAE Migalovo, Tver Oblast 56°49′39″N 35°45′33″E / 56.82750°N 35.75917°E / 56.82750; 35.75917 12th VTAD Antonov An-22
78th Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron OVTAE Klin-5, Moscow Oblast 56°21′56″N 36°43′19″E / 56.36556°N 36.72194°E / 56.36556; 36.72194 61st Air Army Antonov An-26/Antonov An-12/Tupolev Tu-134
85th Independent Helicopter Squadron OVE Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast 66°58′13″N 30°21′44″E / 66.97028°N 30.36222°E / 66.97028; 30.36222 6th Air Army Mil Mi-8/Mil Mi-24
92nd Research Instructor Helicopter Squadron IIVE Sokol, Magadan Oblast 59°54′52″N 150°41′52″E / 59.91444°N 150.69778°E / 59.91444; 150.69778 NA Mi-8/Mi-24
118th Independent Helicopter Squadron OVE Chebenki, Orenburg Oblast 51°58′39″N 55°32′32″E / 51.97750°N 55.54222°E / 51.97750; 55.54222 NA Mil Mi-6/Mil Mi-8
128th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron OSAE Koltsovo, Sverdlovsk Oblast 56°44′51″N 60°49′31″E / 56.74750°N 60.82528°E / 56.74750; 60.82528 5th Air Army An-26
137th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron OSAE Tolmachevo, Novosibirsk Oblast 55°00′17″N 84°41′19″E / 55.00472°N 84.68861°E / 55.00472; 84.68861 14th Air Army An-26
147th Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare OVE REB Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast 59°41′12″N 30°19′45″E / 59.68667°N 30.32917°E / 59.68667; 30.32917 6th Air Army Mi-8PPA
181st Independent Aviation Squadron OAE Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast 54°54′44″N 103°34′10″E / 54.91222°N 103.56944°E / 54.91222; 103.56944 37th Air Army Antonov An-12/Antonov An-30
223rd Aviation Detachment LO Chkalovsky, Moscow Oblast 55°52′52″N 38°02′09″E / 55.88111°N 38.03583°E / 55.88111; 38.03583 NA An-12/Ilyushin Il-18/Ilyushin Il-62/Il-76/Tu-134/Tupolev Tu-154
224th Air Detachment of Military Transport Aviation LO VTA Migalovo, Tver Oblast 56°49′39″N 35°45′33″E / 56.82750°N 35.75917°E / 56.82750; 35.75917 61st Air Army Antonov An-124 Ruslan/Ilyushin Il-76MD
237th Independent Helicopter Squadron OVE Bobrovka, Samara Oblast 53°08′42″N 50°42′51″E / 53.14500°N 50.71417°E / 53.14500; 50.71417 5th Air Army Mi-8/Mi-24
320th Independent Aviation Squadron of Search & Rescue OTAE PSS Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast 54°06′38″N 61°32′26″E / 54.11056°N 61.54056°E / 54.11056; 61.54056 5th Air Army Mi-8
386th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron OSAE Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria 43°30′42″N 43°38′34″E / 43.51167°N 43.64278°E / 43.51167; 43.64278 NA An-12

Index of abbreviations

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  • IIVE - Research Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Issledovatelskiy Instruktorskiy Vertoliotniy Eskadrilya)
  • LO - Aviation Detachment (Lyotnyi Otriad)
  • LO VTA - Aviation Detachment of Military Transport Aviation (Lyotnyi Otriad Voyenno-Transportnoy Aviatsii )
  • ODRAO - Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment (Otdelnyi Dalniy Razvedyvatelnyi Aviatsionnyi Otriad)
  • OSAE - Independent Composite Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Smeshannaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya)
  • OTAE PSS - Independent Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya Poiskovo-Spasatelnoy Sluzhby)
  • OVE - Independent Helicopter Squadron (Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya)
  • OVE REB - Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare(Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya Radio-Elektronnoy Bor'by)
  • OVTAE - Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya)
  • VTAD - Military Transport Aviation Division (Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Diviziya)

Sources

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  • Piotr Butowski. Force report:Russian Air Force, Air Forces Monthly, July & August 2007 issues.