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1st Air Army
Active
May 10, 1942 – January 10, 1949 July 1, 1957 – 1998
Country
Soviet Union
Branch
Air Force
Type
Air Army
Size
Several
Part of
Western Front[1][2] 3rd Belarusian Front
Engagements
Battles of Rzhev Battle of Kursk Battle of Smolensk Battle of Memel Operation Bagration East Prussian Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders
T. F. Kucevalov (May–June 1942) S. А. Khudyakov (June 1942 – May 1943) М. М. Gromov (May 1943 – July 1944) T. T. Khryukin (July 1944 – May 1945)[3][4]
Military unit
The 1st Air Army (Russian: 1-я воздушная армия) was an Air Army in the Soviet Air Force which served during World War II. It was formed on May 10, 1942, within the Soviet Western Front, and renamed the 26th Air Army on January 10, 1949, in the Belorussian Military District.[5]
After the war, it was reformed on July 1, 1957, and was active until 1998.[6]
^Western Front. 1st Air Army Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today (in Russian)
^1st Air Army. Allaces.ru (in Russian)
^Commanders of the Soviet Air Force 1942—1945 www.soldat.ru (in Russian)
^1st Air Army victory.mil.ru Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine Russian Ministry of Defense (in Russian)
^www.mod.mil.by Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine Belarusian Ministry of Defence
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