Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation

Organizationally, the VKC Armed Forces of Russia include three types of troops (forces) ^[8] :

• Air force ;
• Air Defense Forces ;
• Space troops .

Tasks

Aerospace forces solve a wide range of problems ^[8] :

• repulsion of aggression in the aerospace sphere and protection from attacks by means of an aerospace attack of the enemy by command posts of the highest echelons of state and military command, troops (forces), administrative and political centers, industrial and economic regions, the most important objects of the country's economy and infrastructure;
• the defeat of enemy targets and troops using both conventional and nuclear weapons ;
• aviation support for combat operations of troops (forces) of other types and arms;
• the defeat of the warheads of ballistic missiles of a potential adversary attacking important government installations;
• providing top management with reliable information about the detection of ballistic missile launches and warning of a missile attack;
• monitoring space objects and identifying threats against Russia in space and from space, and, if necessary, countering such threats;
• launching spacecraft into orbits , controlling military and dual-use satellite systems in flight and using individual of them in the interests of providing troops with the necessary information;
• maintaining the established composition and readiness for use of satellite systems for military and dual-use, their launch and control means and a number of other tasks.

The aerospace forces of the Russian Federation were formed by combining the Air Force and the Aerospace Defense Forces.

On August 3, 2015, during a conference call, the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Army General S. Shoigu stated ^{[9] [10]} :

“The formation of a videoconferencing system by combining the Air Force and the Aerospace Defense Forces is the best option for improving the country's aerospace defense system. This allows, first of all, to concentrate in one hand all responsibility for the formation of a military-technical policy for the development of troops that will solve problems in the aerospace sphere, secondly, through closer integration, increase the effectiveness of their use, and thirdly, to ensure progressive development of the country's aerospace defense system. ”

Since September 30, 2015, the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have been actively participating in the Russian Military Operation in Syria . The work of the videoconferencing was highly appreciated by Vladimir Putin, many military personnel were awarded high government awards of Russia and Syria. At the end of 2016, 84% of the airborne forces of the Russian Air Force received combat experience in Syria ^[11] .

On March 17, 2016, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin handed the Combat Banner of the Aerospace Forces to the Commander of the Aerospace Forces, Colonel General Viktor Bondarev ^[12] .

The command staff of the Aerospace Forces was appointed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 394 of August 1, 2015 ^[4] :

Commanders

•   Colonel General Viktor Bondarev ( August 1, 2015 - September 26, 2017 )
• Kurachenko Pavel Pavlovich (Acting Commander-in-Chief from 09/25/2017 to 11/22/2017) ^{[14] [15] [4] [16]}
•   Colonel General Surovikin Sergey Vladimirovich ( October 31, 2017 - present )

• Air Force Military Training and Scientific Center " Air Force of the Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Red Banner Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin " ( Voronezh )
• Military Space Red Banner Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky (St. Petersburg)
• Yaroslavl Higher Military School of Air Defense named after the 60th anniversary of the Great October Revolution
• Red Banner Military Academy of Aerospace Defense named after Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov (Tver)
• Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation Order of the Friendship of Peoples School of Pilots named after the Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov
• Military training center at the Ryazan State Radio Engineering University
• Military Training Center at the Moscow Orders of Lenin and the October Revolution, Aviation Institute named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze ^[17]
• Military Training Center at the Ufa State Aviation Technical Order of Lenin University ^[18]
• Military Institute at the Moscow State Technical Order of Lenin, the October Revolution and the Red Banner of Labor, University of N.E. Bauman ^[19]
• 183rd training center
• Tver Suvorov Military School ^{[20] [21]}

The main cultural institution is the Central Officer Club of the Aerospace Forces (Moscow) ^[22] . In November 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the creation of the Central Museum of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Patriot Park ^[23] . The VKS has the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Aerospace Forces.

• Armed forces of the Russian Federation
• Air Force of the Russian Federation
• Space Forces of the Russian Federation
• Air and missile defense troops of the Russian Federation
• Aviation Flight Safety Service of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

• The official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. // mil.ru
• The structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Aerospace forces. Tasks and main command. Official site of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation // structure.mil.ru
• Dmitry Sergeev . Aerospace "umbrella": what will the new troops of Russia do // TRC "Star" , August 3, 2015