Air Force Day: date. Air Force of the Russian Federation
The Air Force includes the following types of troops:
- aviation (types of aviation - bomber, attack, fighter aircraft of air defense, reconnaissance, transport and special),
- anti-aircraft missile forces,
- radio engineering troops,
- special forces,
- units and institutions of the rear.
bomber aviation is armed with long-range (strategic) and front-line (tactical) bombers various types. It is designed to defeat groupings of troops, destroy important military, energy facilities and communication centers mainly in the strategic and operational depth of the enemy’s defense. The bomber can carry bombs of various calibers, both conventional and nuclear, as well as air-to-surface guided missiles.
Attack aircraft Designed for aviation support of troops, engagement of manpower and objects mainly on the front line, in the tactical and immediate operational depth of the enemy, as well as combating enemy aircraft in the air.
One of the main requirements for an attack aircraft is the high accuracy of hitting ground targets. Armament: large-caliber guns, bombs, rockets.
Fighter aviation air defense is the main maneuvering force of the air defense system and is designed to cover the most important directions and objects from enemy air attack. It is capable of destroying the enemy at maximum ranges from the defended objects.
Air defense aviation is armed with air defense fighter aircraft, combat helicopters, special and transport aircraft and helicopters.
reconnaissance aviation designed to manage aerial reconnaissance enemy, terrain and weather, can destroy enemy hidden objects.
Reconnaissance flights can also be carried out by bomber, fighter-bomber, attack and fighter aircraft. To do this, they are specially equipped with photographic equipment for day and night shooting at various scales, radio and radar stations with high resolution, heat direction finders, sound recording and television equipment, and magnetometers.
Reconnaissance aviation is subdivided into tactical, operational and strategic reconnaissance aviation.
Transport aviation designed to transport troops, military equipment, weapons, ammunition, fuel, food, landing airborne assault, evacuation of the wounded, sick, etc.
Special aviation designed for long-range radar detection and guidance, air-to-air refueling, electronic warfare, radiation, chemical and biological protection, control and communications, meteorological and technical support, rescue of crews in distress, evacuation of the wounded and sick.
Anti-aircraft missile troops designed to protect the country's most important facilities and groupings of troops from enemy air strikes.
They form the main firepower air defense systems (air defense) and are armed with anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-aircraft missile systems for various purposes, which have great firepower and high accuracy in destroying enemy air attack weapons.
Radio engineering troops- the main source of information about an air enemy and are designed to conduct its radar reconnaissance, control the flights of its aircraft and comply with the rules for the use of airspace by aircraft of all departments.
They issue information about the beginning of an air attack, combat information for anti-aircraft missile troops and air defense aviation, as well as information for managing formations, units and subunits of air defense.
Radio engineering troops are armed with radar stations and radar complexes, capable at any time of the year and day, regardless of meteorological conditions and interference, to detect not only air, but also surface targets.
Units and divisions of communications are intended for the deployment and operation of communication systems in order to ensure command and control of troops in all types of combat activities.
Units and subdivisions of electronic warfare designed to interfere with airborne radars, bomb sights, communications and radio navigation means of enemy air attack.
Units and divisions of communications and radio engineering support designed to provide control of aviation units and subunits, aircraft navigation, takeoff and landing of aircraft and helicopters.
Parts and divisions engineering troops , as well as units and divisions of radiation, chemical and biological protection are designed to perform the most complex tasks of engineering and chemical support, respectively.
On July 30 (August 12), 1912, a special authority for the military administration of aviation and aeronautics was created as part of the Russian army. This day is officially established in Russian Federation like Air Force Day.
By the beginning of World War I, Russia had 39 detachments armed with 263 aircraft intended for military use. During the war years, air defense began to take shape structurally to cover the most important centers of the country. One of the first on December 8, 1914, the air defense of the capital of Russia - Petrograd and its environs, was created, which organizationally included anti-aircraft artillery batteries, air crews, and a network of air surveillance posts. The names of the creators of the “Russian school of air combat” P.N. are inscribed in the history of the First World War. Nesterova, E.N. Krutenya, A.A. Kozakova, K.K. Artseulova, N.A. Yatsuka. By the end of the First World War, aviation became an independent branch of the Ground Forces.
With development military aviation the organizational formalization of the air defense troops was going on (since 1928 - air defense (air defense). Separate divisions were created for air defense, since 1924 - anti-aircraft artillery regiments.
In 1932 Military air force receive the status of an independent branch of the military. The Air Force of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA) was organizationally divided into military, army and front-line aviation. In 1933, heavy bomber aviation was structurally formalized (as a means of the High Command).
On May 10, 1932, the Air Defense Directorate of the Red Army was created. Formed separate brigades, divisions, air defense corps. On November 9, 1941, the Air Defense Forces of the country's territory acquired the status of an independent branch of the military. In January 1942, air defense aviation took shape organizationally within them. The branches of the air defense forces, in addition to fighter aviation (IA), were anti-aircraft artillery (ZA) and air surveillance, warning and communications troops (VNOS).
During the Great Patriotic War, the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces had operational-strategic formations: air armies, fronts and air defense armies. Over the years of the war, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces destroyed more than 64 thousand enemy aircraft in air battles, anti-aircraft fire and at airfields. More than 280 thousand aviators and air defense soldiers were awarded orders and medals, 2513 people were awarded the title of Hero Soviet Union, 65 pilots were awarded this title twice, and two - A.I. Pokryshkin and I.N. Kozhedub - three times.
In the post-war years, the Air Force made a transition from piston to jet, supersonic aviation, and air defense created all-weather fighter-interceptors, anti-aircraft missile and radar systems.
And at present, the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces, united from January 1, 1999 into one branch of the Armed Forces - the Air Force, stand guard over the peaceful skies of the country.
The modern Air Force was formed by the merger of two forces - the Air Defense Forces and the Air Force. Now it's perfect the new kind Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. They differ in operational-strategic properties, purpose. Now these troops are assigned completely different tasks.
Now the organizational structures are the air armies of the Supreme High Command (SN), the air armies of the Supreme High Command (VTA) and individual air defense formations.
The unification of the Air Force and Air Defense was the first action of this kind in Russian military history.
They report directly to the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force. Also, in an operational manner, they can submit to the commanders of the military districts. During military operations - the commander of the troops of the fronts.
During the unification, there was a reduction in the combat strength (compared to 1991). At the same time, bomber and assault (strike) accounts for about 1/3 of the total number of air regiments.
There are two types of military operations (based on the practice of military art, both domestic and world). These types are: offensive (counter-offensive is also implied) and defense.
The ground forces were always the first to develop in the armed forces, then, as the forces and means of armed struggle developed, the naval forces. The last to develop is the air force.
All branches of the Armed Forces have a strictly defined dominant physical environment for conducting military operations. So for the NE - land, the Navy - the sea; Air force - airspace.
In the second half of the 50s, strange as it may seem, two more types of aircraft began to form. These troops were the Air Defense Forces and the Strategic Missile Forces. Now the USSR is the only country where there are five types of troops. Let's list them:, Air Force, Navy, Air Defense Forces, Strategic Missile Forces.
It is no longer a secret that this was one of the many mistakes of the political and military leadership of the communist regime.
This mistake was decided to be corrected four decades later. In 1999, the Armed Forces became not five types, but four types. By the beginning of the 21st century, Russia is again undertaking reform and becoming a tri-structural one (this was before 1954). At the same time, the status of a nuclear power remains the same, one might even say that it is being strengthened.
New types of troops (combined arms armies, tank armies, air fleets, air armies, air forces of military districts, etc.) can be created only with the constant development of the forces and means of armed struggle.
In 1936, for the first time in the Soviet Union, an operational aviation association was created - the aviation army of the VGK reserve (army special purpose- AND HE). Already in 1940, in October, on the basis of three GAs, the first operational-strategic aviation association of the USSR Air Force was formed - the Long-Range Bomber Aviation of the High Command (DBA GK). They are the forerunner of modern DA.
With the further development of theory and practice, these troops acquired a new application - operations.
It is worth noting very interesting fact. Even then, an independent strategic air operation was considered the main and fundamental form of application of the DBA GK.
All fighting took place under the participation of parts of the DBA, and were considered as an integral part of military operations.
Now it has become the norm to conduct military operations with the support of aviation. An example is the campaign conducted by the Air Force of the multinational forces during the Gulf War (1991).
A sufficient number of military digs ("Fox in the Desert", US and NATO aggression against Yugoslavia) have shown that air operations with the widespread use of high-precision weapons, especially cruise missiles sea and air based (KRMV, ALCM) are the main ones in the attack and inflicting military defeat on the enemy.
The experience of armed struggle became the main determining factor in choosing the method of carrying out military actions. Now it is already difficult to abandon the operation as a form and tactics of warfare, they must be constantly learned, developed as an integral part of military art.
The operation and combat actions have one beginning and they are mutually conditioned. But nevertheless, they are distinguishable from each other in terms of content and methods of performing combat missions, which is important practical value, both for theory and especially for the practice of preparing and conducting operations (including air ones).
degradation process Russian Air Force(rapid decline in the number and readiness of personnel, aircraft and airfields, a small number of flights due to insufficient funding) actively went into 1990s and stopped at the beginning 2000s years. FROM 2009 overhaul and major modernization of the entire fleet of the Russian Air Force has begun.
In January 2008 commander-in-chief of the Air Force A. N. Zelin called the state of Russia's aerospace defense critical AT 2009 purchases of new aircraft for the Russian Air Force approached the purchases of Soviet-era aviation . Fifth generation fighter being tested PAK FA, January 29 2010 took his first flight. The entry into the troops of the 5th generation fighters is planned for 2015.
According to a study by an Australian think tank Air Power Australia, published in February 2009, the level of Russian air defense systems has reached a level at which the possibility of the survival of US military aviation during an armed conflict is excluded.
In 1947 -- 1950s mass production and mass entry into the armed forces of jet aircraft began.
FROM 1952 The air defense forces of the country are equipped with anti-aircraft missiles.
Annually for armament the USSR Armed Forces received 400-600 aircraft. (From the answers of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General A. Zelin at a press conference on " MAX-2009 » August 20, 2009).
Central Bank of Russia May 4, 2009 released three silver commemorative coins dignity 1 ruble dedicated to the Russian Air Force:
Single obverse all three coins
Reverse coins depicting the emblem of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
With the image of a fighter Su-27
With the image of a bomber "Ilya Muromets"
military air force missile
Air Force Day is celebrated in Russia on August 12 in accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 549 of May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation." This holiday has received the status of a memorable day.
Main Structure Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Air Force Structure Aviation
Aviation
Air Force Aviation (Av VVS) according to its purpose and tasks to be solved, it is divided into long-range, military transport, operational-tactical and army aviation, which include: bomber, attack, fighter, reconnaissance, transport and special aviation.
Organizationally, the Air Force aviation consists of air bases that are part of the Air Force formations, as well as other units and organizations directly subordinate to the Air Force Commander-in-Chief.
Long Range Aviation (YES) is a means of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and is designed to solve strategic (operational-strategic) and operational tasks in theaters of military operations (strategic directions).
The formations and units of the DA are armed with strategic and long-range bombers, tanker aircraft and reconnaissance aircraft. Operating primarily in strategic depth, DA formations and units perform the following main tasks: destroying air bases (airfields), ground-based missile systems, aircraft carriers and other surface ships, objects from enemy reserves, military-industrial facilities, administrative and political centers, energy facilities and hydraulic structures, naval bases and ports, command posts of formations of the armed forces and operational air defense control centers in the theater of operations, land communications facilities, landing units and convoys; mining from the air. Part of the DA forces may be involved in conducting aerial reconnaissance and performing special tasks.
Long-range aviation is a component of strategic nuclear forces.
DA formations and units are based taking into account its operational-strategic purpose and tasks from Novgorod in the west of the country to Anadyr and Ussuriysk in the east, from Tiksi in the north to Blagoveshchensk in the south of the country.
The basis of the aircraft fleet is strategic missile carriers Tu-160 and Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3 long-range bomber bombers, Il-78 tanker aircraft and Tu-22MR reconnaissance aircraft.
The main armament of aircraft: aircraft cruise missiles long range and operational-tactical missiles in nuclear and conventional equipment, as well as aviation bombs various purposes and calibers.
A practical demonstration of the spatial indicators of the combat capabilities of the DA command is air patrol flights of Tu-95MS and Tu-160 aircraft in the area of the island of Iceland and the waters of the Norwegian Sea; on the North Pole and to the area of the Aleutian Islands; along the east coast of South America.
Regardless of the organizational structure in which long-range aviation exists and will exist, the combat strength, the characteristics of the aircraft and weapons in service, the main task of long-range aviation on the scale of the Air Force should be considered both nuclear and non-nuclear deterrence of potential adversaries. In the event of a war, the DA will carry out tasks to reduce the military and economic potential of the enemy, destroy important military facilities, and disrupt state and military control.
An analysis of modern views on the purpose of the aircraft, the tasks assigned to it, and the predicted conditions for their fulfillment show that, at present and in the future, long-range aviation continues to be the main strike force of the Air Force.
The main directions of development of long-range aviation:
- maintaining and building up operational capabilities to fulfill the assigned tasks as part of the strategic deterrence forces and general-purpose forces through the modernization of Tu-160, Tu-95MS, Tu-22MZ bombers with service life extension;
- perspective aviation complex long-range aviation (PAK DA).
Military transport aviation (VTA) is a means of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and is designed to solve strategic (operational-strategic), operational and operational-tactical tasks in theaters of military operations (strategic directions).
Military transport aircraft Il-76MD, An-26, An-22, An-124, An-12PP, transport helicopters Mi-8MTV. The main tasks of formations and units of the VTA are: landing of units (subunits) of the Airborne Troops from the composition of operational (operational-tactical) airborne assault forces; delivery of weapons, ammunition and material resources troops operating behind enemy lines; ensuring the maneuver of aviation formations and units; transportation of troops, weapons, ammunition and materiel; evacuation of the wounded and sick, participation in peacekeeping operations. Includes air bases, parts and divisions of special troops.
Part of the VTA forces may be involved in the performance of special tasks.
The main directions of development of the military transport aviation: maintaining and building up capabilities to ensure the deployment of the Armed Forces in various theaters of operations, airborne landings, transportation of troops and materiel by air through the purchase of new Il-76MD-90A and An-70, Il-112V aircraft and the modernization of Il-76 aircraft MD and An-124.
Operational-tactical aviation designed to solve operational (operational-tactical) and tactical tasks in operations (combat actions) of groupings of troops (forces) in theaters of military operations (strategic directions).
Army Aviation (AA) designed to solve operational-tactical and tactical tasks in the course of army operations (combat actions).
Bomber Aviation (BA) armed with strategic, long-range and operational-tactical bombers, is the main strike weapon of the Air Force and is designed to destroy groups of troops, aviation, naval forces the enemy, destroying his important military, military-industrial, energy facilities, communication centers, conducting aerial reconnaissance and mining from the air, mainly in the strategic and operational depths.
Assault Aviation (ShA), armed with attack aircraft, is a means of aviation support for troops (forces) and is designed to destroy troops, ground (sea) objects, as well as enemy aircraft (helicopters) at airfields (sites) based, conducting aerial reconnaissance and mining from the air mainly at the forefront, in tactical and operational-tactical depth.
Fighter Aviation (IA), armed with fighter planes, is designed to destroy enemy aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the air and ground (sea) targets of the enemy.
Reconnaissance aviation (RzA), armed with reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aircrafts, is designed to conduct aerial reconnaissance of objects, the enemy, terrain, weather, air and ground radiation and chemical conditions.
Transport aviation (TrA), having transport aircraft in service, is intended for landing airborne assaults, transporting troops, weapons, military and special equipment and other materiel by air, ensuring maneuver and combat operations of troops (forces), performing special tasks.
Formations, units, subunits of bomber, attack, fighter, reconnaissance and transport aviation can also be involved in solving other tasks.
Special Aviation (SpA), armed with aircraft and helicopters, is designed to perform special tasks. Special aviation units and subunits are directly or operationally subordinate to the commander of an Air Force formation and are involved in: conducting radar reconnaissance and guiding aviation to air and ground (sea) targets; setting of electronic interference and aerosol curtains; search and rescue of flight crews and passengers; refueling aircraft in the air; evacuation of the wounded and sick; providing management and communications; conducting aerial radiation, chemical, biological, engineering reconnaissance and performing other tasks.
The process of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the events that followed it markedly weakened the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces (Air Defense). A significant part of the aviation group (about 35%) remained on the territory of the former Soviet republics (more than 3,400 aircraft, including 2,500 combat aircraft).
Also, on their territories, the airfield network most prepared for basing military aviation remained, which, in comparison with the USSR
decreased in the Russian Federation by almost half (primarily in the Western strategic direction). The level of flight and combat training of Air Force pilots has sharply decreased.
In connection with the disbandment a large number radio engineering units, a continuous radar field over the territory of the state disappeared. was significantly weakened and general system air defense of the country.
Russia, the last of the former republics of the USSR, has begun building the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces as an integral part of its own Armed Forces (decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 7, 1992). The priorities of this construction were the prevention of a significant decrease in the level of combat capability of formations and units of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces, the reduction of personnel through the revision and optimization of their organizational structure, the decommissioning of obsolete weapons and military equipment etc.
During this period, the combat strength of the Air Force and Air Defense Aviation was represented almost exclusively by aircraft. fourth generation(Tu-22M3, Su-24M/MR, Su-25, Su-27, MiG-29 and MiG-31). Total population Air Force and Air Defense Aviation was reduced almost three times - from 281 to 102 air regiments.
As of January 1, 1993, the Russian Air Force had combat strength: two commands (long-range and military transport aviation (VTA)), 11 aviation associations, 25 air divisions, 129 air regiments (including 66 combat and 13 military transport). The aircraft fleet was 6561 aircraft, excluding aircraft stored at reserve bases (including 2957 combat aircraft).
At the same time, measures were taken to withdraw Air Force formations, formations and units from the territories of far and near abroad countries, including the 16th Air Army (VA) from Germany, 15 VA from the Baltic countries.
Period 1992 - early 1998. became a time of great painstaking work by the governing bodies of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces to develop a new concept of military construction of the Russian Armed Forces, its aerospace defense with the implementation of the principle of defense sufficiency in the development of the Air Defense Forces and the offensive nature in the use of the Air Force.
During these years, the Air Force had to take a direct part in the armed conflict on the territory Chechen Republic(1994–1996). Subsequently, the experience gained made it possible to carry out the active phase of the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus in 1999–2003 more thoughtfully and with high efficiency.
In the 1990s, in connection with the beginning of the collapse of the unified air defense field of the Soviet Union and former countries- members of the Warsaw Treaty Organization, there was an urgent need to recreate its analogue within the borders of the former Soviet republics. In February 1995, Commonwealth countries Independent States(CIS) signed an Agreement on the Creation of a Joint Air Defense System of the CIS Member States, designed to solve the tasks of protecting state borders in the airspace, as well as to conduct coordinated collective actions of the air defense forces to repel a possible aerospace attack on one of the countries or a coalition of states.
However, evaluating the process of accelerating the physical aging of weapons and military equipment, the Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation came to disappointing conclusions. As a result, a new concept military development, where before 2000 it was planned to reorganize the branches of the Armed Forces, reducing their number from five to three. As part of this reorganization, two independent branches of the Armed Forces were to be united in one form: the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces.
A new kind of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
In accordance with Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 16, 1997 No. 725 "On priority measures to reform the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and improve their structure", by January 1, 1999, a new branch of the Armed Forces was formed - the Air Force. In a short time, the Air Force High Command developed a regulatory framework for a new branch of the Armed Forces, which made it possible to ensure the continuity of control of Air Force formations, maintaining their combat readiness at the required level, performing air defense combat duty tasks, and conducting operational training activities.
By the time of unification into a single branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Air Force included in its combat strength 9 operational formations, 21 aviation divisions, 95 air regiments, including 66 combat aviation regiments, 25 separate aviation squadrons and detachments based on 99 airfields. The total number of aircraft fleet was 5,700 aircraft (including 20% training) and more than 420 helicopters.
The Air Defense Forces included: an operational-strategic formation, 2 operational, 4 operational-tactical formations, 5 air defense corps, 10 air defense divisions, 63 units of anti-aircraft missile troops, 25 fighter aviation regiments, 35 units of radio engineering troops, 6 formations and intelligence units and 5 parts of electronic warfare. It was armed with: 20 aircraft of the A-50 radar patrol and guidance aviation complex, more than 700 air defense fighters, more than 200 anti-aircraft missile divisions and 420 radio engineering units with radar stations of various modifications.
As a result of these activities, a new organizational structure Air Force, which included two air armies: the 37th Air Army of the Supreme High Command ( strategic purpose) (VA VGK (SN) and the 61st VA VGK (VTA). Instead of the air armies of front-line aviation, the Air Force and Air Defense armies were formed, operationally subordinate to the commanders of the military districts. The Moscow Air Force and Air Defense District was created in the Western strategic direction.
Further construction of the organizational and staffing structure of the Air Force was carried out in accordance with the Plan for the Construction and Development of the Armed Forces for 2001–2005 approved in January 2001 by the President of the Russian Federation.
In 2003, army aviation was transferred to the Air Force, in 2005–2006. - part of the connections and parts military air defense equipped with S-300V anti-aircraft missile systems (ZRS) and Buk complexes. In April 2007, the Air Force adopted an anti-aircraft missile system new generation S-400 "Triumph", designed to destroy all modern and promising funds aerospace attack.
At the beginning of 2008, the Air Force included: an operational-strategic association (KSpN), 8 operational and 5 operational-tactical associations (air defense corps), 15 formations and 165 units. In August of the same year, parts of the Air Force took part in the Georgian-South Ossetian military conflict (2008) and in the operation to force Georgia to peace. During the operation, the Air Force carried out 605 sorties and 205 helicopter sorties, including 427 sorties and 126 helicopter sorties for combat missions.
The military conflict revealed certain shortcomings in the organization of combat training and the control system of Russian aviation, as well as the need for a significant upgrade of the Air Force aircraft fleet.
Air Force in the new look of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
In 2008, the transition began to the formation of a new image of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (including the Air Force). In the course of the measures taken, the Air Force switched to a new organizational and staffing structure, more appropriate modern conditions and the realities of the times. The Air Force and Air Defense Commands were formed, subordinate to the newly created operational-strategic commands: Western (headquarters - St. Petersburg), Southern (headquarters - Rostov-on-Don), Central (headquarters - Yekaterinburg) and Eastern ( headquarters - Khabarovsk).
The Air Force High Command was assigned the tasks of planning and organizing combat training, the long-term development of the Air Force, as well as training the leadership of the control bodies. With this approach, there was a distribution of responsibility for the training and use of forces and means of military aviation and duplication of functions was excluded, as in Peaceful time as well as during the period of hostilities.
In 2009–2010 A transition was made to a two-level (brigade-battalion) command and control system of the Air Force. As a result total Air Force formations were reduced from 8 to 6, all air defense formations (4 corps and 7 air defense divisions) were reorganized into 11 aerospace defense brigades. At the same time, an active renewal of the aircraft fleet is taking place. The fourth-generation aircraft are being replaced by their new modifications, as well as modern types of aircraft (helicopters), which have wider combat capabilities and flight performance.
Among them: Su-34 front-line bombers, Su-35 and Su-30SM multi-role fighters, various modifications of the MiG-31 supersonic all-weather long-range fighter-interceptor, the An-70 medium-range cargo military transport aircraft of the new generation An-70, light military transport aircraft type An-140-100, modified attack military transport helicopter Mi-8, multipurpose helicopter medium range With gas turbine engines Mi-38, combat helicopters Mi-28 (various modifications) and Ka-52 "Alligator".
As part of the further improvement of the air (aerospace) defense system, a new generation of S-500 air defense systems is currently being developed, in which it is supposed to apply the principle of separate solution of the tasks of destroying ballistic and aerodynamic targets. The main task of the complex is to combat the combat equipment of medium-range ballistic missiles, and, if necessary, with intercontinental ballistic missiles in the final section of the trajectory and, within certain limits, in the middle section.
The modern Air Force is the most important integral part Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Currently, they are designed to solve the following tasks: repel aggression in the aerospace sphere and protect against air strikes command posts of the highest levels of state and military administration, administrative and political centers, industrial and economic regions, the most important objects of the economy and infrastructure of the country, groupings troops (forces); destruction of enemy troops (forces) and facilities using conventional, high-precision and nuclear weapons, as well as for air support and combat operations of troops (forces) of other branches of the Armed Forces and military branches.
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