| 4th Guards Army of Air Forces and Air Defence Forces Army (1998–2009; reformed 1 August 2015) 4th Air Army (1942–1998) | |
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 Great emblem of the 4th Guards Air Army | |
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| Country |  Russia Soviet Union (until 1991) |
| Branch |  Russian Air Force Soviet Air Forces (until 1991) |
| Size | World War II: several air divisions 2000s: ~ 10–15 air regiments |
| Garrison/HQ | Rostov on Don |
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| Commanders | |
| Commanding Officer | Lieutenant General Nikolai Vasilyevich Gostev |
The 4th Guards Air and Air Defence Forces Army (Russian: 4-я армия ВВС и ПВО) is an air army of the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Southern Military District and headquartered in Rostov-on-Don.
The 4th Air Army (4 Vozdushnaya Armiya) was a Soviet Air Force formation and from 1992 to 2009 was part of the Russian Air Force. From 1998 the army was designated the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army. It was first established on 22 May 1942 from the Air Forces of the Soviet Southern Front, and fought on the Eastern Front until 1945. In 1949 it was redesignated the 37th Air Army.[1] It was reformed on 4 April 1968 in Poland, and was active there with the Northern Group of Forces for over twenty years, shifting to the North Caucasus Military District in August 1992. The arrival of the Sukhoi Su-24 drastically changed its tasking in the 1980s.
It became the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Command in 2009 but was reestablished from the command in 2015.
- ^ Hans Nijhuis and Robert Senkowski, 'Farewell Poland!,' Air International, January 1993, p.15