Following is the organization of the Soviet Air Forces (Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily) on May 1, 1945. The primary source for this list is the Boevoi sostav Sovetskoi armii (Combat Composition of the Soviet Army) list for 1 May 1945.
Leningrad Front
15th Air Army
5th Bomber Corps (4th, 5th Guards Bomber Aviation Divisions)
14th Fighter Corps
185th, 315th Fighter Aviation Divisions
Other units 284th, 313th Night Bomber Aviation Divisions 214th, 225th, 305th Assault Aviation Divisions 99th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 187th Fire Correction Aviation Regiment 699th Transport Aviation Regiment 97th Aviation Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet 87th Night Bomber Aviation Squadron 336th Fighter Aviation Division 1639th, 1683rd, 1685th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
1003rd Separate Medical Evacuation Aviation Regiment
13th Air Army 281st Assault Aviation Division 275th Fighter Aviation Division 13th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 199th Communications Aviation Regiment 1583rd, 1674th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
3rd Belorussian Front
1st Air Army
6th Guards, 276th Bomber Aviation Divisions 1st Guards, 182nd, 277th, 311th Assault Aviation Divisions 129th, 130th, 303rd, 330th Fighter Aviation Divisions 213th Night Bomber Aviation Division 406th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment 10th, 90th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiments 117th, 151st Fire Correction Aviation Regiments 142nd Transport Aviation Regiment 1st Separate Evacuation Aviation Regiment 354th Communications Aviation Regiment 1st French Air Regiment 1551st, 1552nd, 1553rd, 1665th, 1602nd, 1608th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
3rd Air Army
11th Fighter Aviation Corps 5th Guards, 190th Fighter Aviation Divisions
Other units 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Division 314th Nighter Bomber Divisions 211th, 335th Assault Aviation Divisions 259th Fighter Aviation Division 6th Guards Assault Aviation Regiment 11th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 206th Fire Correction Aviation Regiment 763rd Transport Aviation Regiment 87th Separate Evacuation Aviation Regiment 399th Communications Aviation Regiment 1556th, 1557th, 1558th, 1604th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
2nd Belorussian Front 994th Communications Aviation Regiment operating in conjunction with the 5th Guards Tank Army
4th Air Army
5th Bomber Corps
132nd, 327th Bomber Aviation Divisions
4th Ground Attack Corps
196th, 199th Bomber Aviation Divisions
8th Fighter Corps
215th, 323rd Fighter Aviation Divisions
Other units
230th, 233rd, 260th, 332nd Assault Aviation Divisions 229th, 269th, 309th, 329th Fighter Aviation Divisions 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division 47th, 164th Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiments 204th, 209th Fire Correction Aviation Regiments 213th Separate Evacuation Aviation Regiment 184th Communications Aviation Regiment 844th Transport Aviation Regiment 69th Civil Air Fleet Regiment 1550th, 1559th, 1584th, 1601st, 1606th, 1607th, 1655th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
1st Belorussian Front 191st Guards Communications Aviation Regiment operating in conjunction with the 1st Guards Tank Army;
16th Air Army
3rd Bomber Corps
183rd, 241st, 301st Bomber Aviation Divisions
6th Bomber Corps
113th, 326th, 334th Bomber Aviation Divisions
6th Assault Aviation Corps
197th, 198th Assault Aviation Divisions
9th Assault Aviation Corps
3rd Guards, 300th Assault Aviation Divisions
1st Guards Fighter Aviation Corps
3rd and 4th Guards Fighter Aviation Divisions
3rd Fighter Aviation Corps
265th, 278th Fighter Aviation Divisions
6th Fighter Aviation Corps
234th, 273rd Fighter Aviation Divisions
13th Fighter Aviation Corps
193rd, 283rd Fighter Aviation Divisions
Other units
188th, 221st Bomber Aviation Divisions 2nd, 11th Guards Assault Aviation Divisions 1st Guards Fighter Aviation Division 240th Fighter Aviation Division 282nd Fighter Aviation Division 286th Fighter Aviation Division 9th Guards, 242nd Night Bomber Aviation Divisions 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment 16th, 72nd Reconnaissance Aviation Regiments 93rd, 98th Fire Correction Aviation Regiments 226th Transport Aviation Regiment 62nd Guards Civil Air Fleet Regiment 325th, 1560th, 1581st, 1597th, 1609th, 1610th, 1611th, 1612th, 1974th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiments
Subordinated units and groups
6th Separate Evacuation Aviation Regiment 919th Communications Aviation Regiment
1st Ukrainian Front 372nd Communications Aviation Regiment operating in conjunction with the 3rd Guards Tank Army; 1002nd Mixed Aviation Regiment (subordinate to front authority);
2nd Air Army
4th Bomber Corps 202nd, 219th Bomber Aviation Divisions
6th Guards Bomber Corps 1st, 8th Guards Bomber Aviation Divisions
1st Guards Assault Aviation Corps 8th, 9th Guards Assault Aviation Divisions
2nd Guards Assault Aviation Corps 5th, 6th Guards Assault Aviation Divisions
3rd Assault Aviation Corps 307th, 308th Assault Aviation Divisions, 181st Fighter Aviation Division
2nd Fighter Aviation Corps 7th Guards, 322nd Fighter Aviation Divisions
5th Fighter Aviation Corps 8th Guards, 256th Fighter Aviation Divisions
6th Guards Fighter Aviation Corps 9th, 22nd, 23rd Guards Fighter Aviation Divisions 11th, 12th Guards Fighter Aviation Divisions
Other units 208th Night Bomber Aviation Division 98th Guards Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 193rd Guards Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 118th, 203rd Fire Correction Aviation Regiments, 228th Transport Aviation Regiment 4th Separate Evacuation Aviation Regiment 23rd Regiment of the Civil Air Fleet 1554th, 1555th, 1561st, 1577th, 1582nd, 1605th, 1613th, 1680th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
4th Ukrainian Front
8th Air Army
8th Assault Aviation Corps 224th, 227th Assault Aviation Division
10th Fighter Aviation Corps 10th, 15th Guards Fighter Aviation Division 321st Bomber Aviation Division 8th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 100th Fire Correction Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 678th Transportation Aviation Regiment 212th Independent Evacuation Aviation Regiment 200th Aviation Signals Regiment 87th Guards Aviation Regiment of Civil Air Fleet 1578th, 1603th, 1682nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
2nd Ukrainian Front 6th Guards Tank Army - 207th Guards Communications Aviation Regiment
5th Air Army 3rd Guards Assault Aviation Corps 7th and 12th Guards Assault Aviation Divisions 5th Assault Aviation Corps 4th Guards and 264th Assault Aviation Divisions 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps 13th and 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Divisions 218th Bomber Aviation Division 312th Night Bomber Aviation Division 6th Guards, 279th and 331st Fighter Aviation Divisions 511th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 207th Fire Correction Aviation Regiment 95th Transport Aviation Regiment 44th Aviation Regiment of Civil Air Fleet
Subordinated units and groups 85th, 1001st Separate Medical Evacuation Aviation Regiment 714th Communications Aviation Regiment
3rd Ukrainian Front
17th Air Army 10th Assault Aviation Corps 136th Assault Aviation Division 306th Assault Aviation Division 244th Bomber Aviation Division 189th Assault Aviation Division 194th, 288th, 295th Fighter Aviation Division 262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division 39th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment 96th Fire Correction Aviation Regiment 227th Transport Aviation Regiment 3rd Separate Medical Evacuation Aviation Regiment 282nd Communications Aviation Regiment 1614th, 1615th, 1654th, 1676th, 1975th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment Air Group of General-Major Vitruk (did not have contact with the enemy) 10th Guards Assault Aviation Division 236th Fighter Aviation Division
Long Range Aviation (18th Air Army from December 1944) 1st Guards Bomber Aviation Corps 11th and 16th Guards, 36th, 48th Bomber Aviation Divisions 2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps 2nd, 7th, 13th and 18th Guards Bomber Aviation Division 3rd Guards Bomber Aviation Corps 22nd Guards, 1st, 12th and 50th Bomber Aviation Divisions 4th Guards Bomber Aviation Corps 14th and 15th Guards, 53rd, and 54th Bomber Aviation Divisions
Subordinated units and groups 45th Bomber Aviation Division 56th Long-Range Fighter Aviation Division
Air Defence Forces for State Territory
A note regarding the use of "patrol Area of". The actual term used in the Russian order of battle is ob'yekty, which literally means 'objects'. However, in the military sense it can mean structures, and targets. One possible interpretation that can be offered to better define the use in English is that the meaning here is of the actual "area of responsibility" of the unit in terms of military installations, facilities, military logistics networks and other possible enemy targets. In this sense the meaning is more area-related then referring to a specific location, specifying the area that the air unit would have to cover.
Western Front PVO 2nd Corps PVO (Air Defence) Patrol Area of Leningrad Front 106th Fighter Aviation Division 145th and 147th Guards, 33rd, 115th, 445th Fighter Aviation Regiments 124th Fighter Aviation Division 126th, 416th, 964th, 966th Fighter Aviation Regiments 441st Fighter Aviation Regiment (from the 125th Fighter Aviation Division) 5th Corps PVO Patrol Area of 1st Belorussian Front - 826th Fighter Aviation Regiment (36th Fighter Aviation Division), 148th Fighter Aviation Division (148th Guards, 785th, 907th, 1006th Fighter Aviation Regiments), 320th Fighter Aviation Division (652nd, 862nd, 963rd Fighter Aviation Regiments) 13th Corps PVO Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 125th Fighter Aviation Division (730th, 787th Fighter Aviation Regiments) 14th Corps PVO Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 328th Fighter Aviation Division (722nd, 959th, 960th Fighter Aviation Regiments) 79th Division PVO Patrol Area of Belorussian-Lithuanian military district - 144th Fighter Aviation Division, HQ Baranovichi (144th, 383rd, 439th Fighter Aviation Regiments), 495th Fighter Aviation Regiment (36th Fighter Aviation Division) 82nd Division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 1st Belorussian Front - 36th Fighter Aviation Division (405th, 591st, 651st, 827th Fighter Aviation Regiments) South-Western Front PVO (Air Defense) 7th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Kiev and Kharkov Military Districts - 9th Fighter Aviation Corps (39th and 146th Guards, 573rd, 894th, 1007th Fighter Aviation Regiments) 8th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of L'vov military district - 10th Fighter Aviation Corps (182nd, 266th, 628th, 631st, 961st Fighter Aviation Regiments) 9th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 2nd Ukrainian Front - 141st Fighter Aviation Division (234th, 586th, 933rd Fighter Aviation Regiments) 12th Corps PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 2nd Ukrainian Front - 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Division (38th, 83rd and 84th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiments), 743rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (123rd Fighter Aviation Division) 85th Division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Kharkov and Odessa military districts, Separate Coastal Army - 126th Fighter Aviation Division (802nd, 822nd, 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiments) 86th Division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Odessa Military District - 123rd Fighter Aviation Division (417th, 965th Fighter Aviation Regiments) 88th Division PVO (Air Defense) Patrol Area of 1st Ukrainian Front - 310th Fighter Aviation Division (268th, 348th, 908th Fighter Aviation Regiments) Front Formations and units in Patrol Area of Moscow Military District - 127th Fighter Aviation Division (738th, 934th, 1003rd Fighter Aviation Regiments) Central Front PVO (Air Defense) Leningrad Air Defence Army (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Leningrad Front - 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Corps (11th, 25th, 27th, 102nd and 105th Guards, 403rd Fighter Aviation Regiments) Moscow PVO Forces 1st PVO Fighter Air Army (Air Defense) Patrol Area of Central Front PVO (Air Defense) 104th Fighter Aviation Division (119th, 729th Fighter Aviation Regiments)