The Soviet Air Defence Forces (Russian: войска ПВО, romanized: voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, voyska PVO, V-PVO, lit. 'Anti-Air Defence Troops'; formerly:...

forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in...

military forces (usually, ground forces). Air Defence Forces (various organizations named as such) Zaloga, Steve (1989). Soviet Air Defence Missiles:...

the Defence and Interior Commissariats. In 1989, the Soviet Armed Forces consisted of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the Ground Forces, the Air Defence Forces...

Russian Aerospace Forces. The army was first active from 1998 to 2009, and was reformed in 2015. After the war, the Soviet Air Defence Forces' main command...

merging of Russian Air Force and Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reborn Russian armed forces began to be created...

The Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus is the air force of the Armed Forces of Belarus, formed in 1992 from the 26th Air Army...

were taken over by Uzbekistan. The takeover of Soviet Air Defence Forces units from the 15th Air Defence Division at Samarkand followed on 12 November...

Red Banner Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Russian: 11-я Краснознамённая армия ВВС и ПВО) is a formation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, located in...

South Sudan Defence Forces (militia): (1983-2006) Soviet Air Defence Forces: (1918-1992) Sudan Defence Force: (1924-1955) Territorial Defence Force of the...

following the August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, after the independent arm of service was dissolved...

The 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Russian: 14-я армия ВВС и ПВО) is an air army of the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Central Military District...

Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are the military forces of Belarus. It consists of the Ground Forces and the Air Force and Air Defence Forces, all...

Order of Lenin Moscow Air Defence District was a formation of the Soviet Air Defence Forces and the Russian Air Defence Forces, which existed from 1954...

The Egyptian Air Defence Forces (EADF) (Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي, romanized: Quwwat El-Difa' El-Gawwi) is the Anti-aircraft warfare branch of the Egyptian...

The Ukrainian Air Defence Forces (Ukrainian: Війська протиповітряної оборони України, romanized: Viysʹka Protypovitryanoyi oborony, Viyska PPO) were an...

several times by Soviet Air Defence Forces and civilian air traffic controllers, as well as Soviet Air Force interceptor aircraft. The Soviet fighters did...

military of Finland. The Finnish Defence Forces consist of the Finnish Army, the Finnish Navy, and the Finnish Air Force. In wartime, the Finnish Border...

The Territorial Air Defence Force (DAT; Arabic: قوات الدفاع الجوي عن الإقليم,French: Forces de défense aérienne du Territoire) is an armed service/branch...

forces of Georgia, tasked with the defence of the nation's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. They consist of the Land Force, Air Force...

armed forces. The official holiday of the air forces is Aviation Day on August 18. The Talgat Bigeldinov Military Institute of the Air Defence Forces serves...

Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military...

the Estonian Land Forces, the Estonian Navy, the Estonian Air Force, and the paramilitary Estonian Defence League. The national defence policy aims to guarantee...

The Mozambique Defence Armed Forces (Portuguese: Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique, FADM) are the national armed forces of Mozambique. They include...

the 8th Air Defence Corps of the Soviet Air Defence Forces and then the Russian Air Force, active from 1960. It was part of the 11th Air Defence Army, and...

lieutenant and fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Safronov was shot down by a friendly surface-to-air missile after attempting to intercept...

42nd), the Caspian Flotilla, and the 12th and 19th Armies of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Army General Mikhail Zaitsev was commander-in-chief of the Southern...

for Soviet Air Defense Forces (PVO) a second arm of Soviet military that employed numerous fighter squadrons. It was called Soviet Air Defence Forces Day...

the Soviet Air Forces during World War II and the Cold War, which became part of the Soviet Air Defense Forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces. The...

the new Russian Aerospace Forces. The RADF today only provides air defense responsibilities. The Aerospace Defence Forces trace their heritage to the...