64th Fighter Aviation Corps

64th Fighter Aviation Corps
Active1950–1956
Country Soviet Union
BranchSoviet Air Forces
TypeAviation corps
RoleBomber and fighter interception
Garrison/HQHQ at Mukden
EngagementsKorean War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Georgy Lobov
Sidor Slyusarev
Aircraft flown
MiG-15

The 64th Fighter Aviation Corps (64th IAK) was an aviation corps of the Soviet Air Forces. The corps was the parent unit for Soviet interceptor units based in northeastern Manchuria during the Korean War.[1]

The unit claimed a 3.4:1 kill ratio in favor of USSR pilots, destroying 1,097 enemy aircraft of all types during the war.[2]

  1. ^ Seidov, Igor; Britton, Stuart (2014-03-19). Red Devils over the Yalu: A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean War 1950–53. Helion and Company. ISBN 9781909384415.
  2. ^ "Report from the 64th Fighter Aviation Corps of the Soviet Air Forces in Korea | Wilson Center Digital Archive".