73rd Air Army (USSR)

The 6th Air Army (of the first formation) , which existed during the Great Patriotic War, in 1944 was aimed at the formation of the Polish Army . The second formation of the 6th Air Army was begun in 1946 on the basis of the air force of the Turkestan military district . After its formation, according to the directive of the General Staff on February 20, 1949, the army was renamed the 73rd Air Army ^[1] .

• 6th Air Army ^[2] ;
• 73rd Air Army (from February 20, 1949) ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} ;
• Air Force of the Central Asian Military District (since May 1980) ^{[2] [5]}
• 73rd Air Army (since May 1988) ^{[3] [5]} ;
• Military unit 23269 ^[2] ;
• Military unit 61800 (since June 1989) ^[2] .

• 24th aviation division of fighter-bombers ^[4] ;
  • 129th Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers ( Taldy-Kurgan );
  • 134th aviation regiment of fighter-bombers ( Zhangiztobe );
• 34th aviation division of fighter-bombers ( Chirchik ) ^[4] ;
  • 136th Aviation Regiment of fighter-bombers ( Chirchik );
  • 156th aviation regiment of fighter-bombers ( Mary-2 );
  • 217th aviation regiment of fighter-bombers ( Kyzyl-Arvat );
• The 115th Guards Fighter Aviation Orsha Order of Kutuzov and Alexander Nevsky Regiment (Kokaida) ^[4] ;
• 149th Guards Bomber Aviation Red Banner Regiment (Nikolaevka) ^[4] ;
• 735th Bomber Aviation Regiment ( Khanabad ) ^[4] ;
• 905th Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Taldy-Kurgan ) ^[4]
• 39th Separate Aviation Intelligence Nikopol Order of the Alexander Nevsky Regiment ( Balkhash ) ^[4] ;
• 87th separate reconnaissance aviation regiment ( Karshi ) ^[4] .

In various years, the posts of army commander were performed ^[2] :

• Aviation Lieutenant General Vladimir Ivanovich Izotov , tenure: from 1946 to September 1947;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Mikhail Kosykh , tenure: from September 1947 to September 1950;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Zabaluev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich , period of office: from September 1950 to February 1952;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Vinogradov Vasily Alexandrovich , period of office: from February 1952 to January 1957;
• Colonel General of Aviation Kamanin Nikolay Petrovich , period of office: from January 1957 to April 1958;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Platonenkov Georgy Kuzmich , tenure: from April 1958 to April 1964;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Vitaly Viktorovich Rybalka , tenure: from April 1964 to June 1970;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Andreev Alexander Petrovich , tenure: from June 1970 to August 1973;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Andreev Vadim Konstantinovich , tenure: from August 1973 to July 1976;
• Colonel General of Aviation Belonozhko Pyotr Ivanovich , tenure: from July 1976 to February 1983;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Evgeny A. Rusanov , tenure: from February 1983 to April 1988;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Shkanakin Vladimir Gennadievich , tenure: from April 1988 to July 1991;
• Aviation Lieutenant General Timchenko Vladimir Pavlovich , tenure: from July 1991 to January 1993.

• army headquarters was located in Alma-Ata . In the summer of 1991, the headquarters was in Tashkent 22 military units . OPS at the headquarters of the 73rd air army in 58 military units .

Units and units of the army took part in hostilities in Afghanistan in 1979-1989.

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