Russian Air Force

Russian Air Force
Военно-воздушные силы России Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii
Emblem of the VVS
Founded	1912[1] 1992 (current form)
Country	Russia
Type	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare
Part of	Russian Aerospace Forces
Headquarters	Arbat District, Moscow
March	"Air March"
Anniversaries	12 August
Engagements	War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War War of Dagestan 1999 East Timorese crisis Second Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Annexation of Crimea Syrian Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine
Website	structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/air.htm
Commanders
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces	President Vladimir Putin
Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces	Colonel general Viktor Afzalov
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force	Colonel General Sergey Dronov
Insignia
Flag
Roundel
Roundel (1992–2010)
Patch
Middle emblem
Insignia
Aircraft flown
Attack	Su-25SM, Su-24M, Su-34
Bomber	MiG-31K, Tu-22M3, Tu-95, Tu-160
Electronic warfare	A-50/A-50U, Il-22PP, Il-80
Fighter	MiG-29, MiG-35, Su-27, Su-30, Su-35, Su-57
Helicopter	Ka-60, Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26
Attack helicopter	Mi-24/Mi-35M, Mi-28N, Ka-50, Ka-52
Interceptor	MiG-31
Trainer	Aero L-39 Albatros, Yak-130
Transport	Il-62, Il-76, Il-86, Il-112, An-26, An-124, An-140, An-148, An-22
Tanker	Il-78

The Russian Air Force (Russian: Военно-воздушные силы России, romanized: Voenno-vozdushnye sily Rossii, VVS) is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces.^[2] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reborn Russian armed forces began to be created on 7 May 1992 following Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence. However, the Russian Federation's air force can trace its lineage and traditions back to the Imperial Russian Air Service (1912–1917) and the Soviet Air Forces (1918–1991).