This is a list of reported active squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force in 2007.
Squadron/DetachmentTypeHeadquartersLocationsFormationEquipment5th Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation DetachmentODRAOKubinka, Moscow OblastNAAntonov An-3076th Independent Military Transport Aviation SquadronOVTAEMigalovo, Tver Oblast12th VTADAntonov An-2278th Independent Military Transport Aviation SquadronOVTAEKlin-5, Moscow Oblast61st Air ArmyAntonov An-26/Antonov An-12/Tupolev Tu-13485th Independent Helicopter SquadronOVEAlakurtti, Murmansk Oblast6th Air ArmyMil Mi-8/Mil Mi-2492nd Research Instructor Helicopter SquadronIIVESokol, Magadan OblastNAMi-8/Mi-24118th Independent Helicopter SquadronOVEChebenki, Orenburg OblastNAMil Mi-6/Mil Mi-8128th Independent Composite Aviation SquadronOSAEKoltsovo, Sverdlovsk Oblast5th Air ArmyAn-26137th Independent Composite Aviation SquadronOSAETolmachevo, Novosibirsk Oblast14th Air ArmyAn-26147th Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic WarfareOVE REBPushkin, Leningrad Oblast6th Air ArmyMi-8PPA181st Independent Aviation SquadronOAEIrkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast37th Air ArmyAntonov An-12/Antonov An-30223rd Aviation DetachmentLOChkalovsky, Moscow OblastNAAn-12/Ilyushin Il-18/Ilyushin Il-62/Il-76/Tu-134/Tupolev Tu-154224th Air Detachment of Military Transport AviationLO VTAMigalovo, Tver Oblast61st Air ArmyAntonov An-124 Ruslan/Ilyushin Il-76MD237th Independent Helicopter SquadronOVEBobrovka, Samara Oblast5th Air ArmyMi-8/Mi-24320th Independent Aviation Squadron of Search & RescueOTAE PSSTroitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast5th Air ArmyMi-8386th Independent Composite Aviation SquadronOSAENalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria NAAn-12
Index of abbreviations IIVE - Research Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Issledovatelskiy Instruktorskiy Vertoliotniy Eskadrilya) LO - Aviation Detachment (Lyotnyi Otriad) LO VTA - Aviation Detachment of Military Transport Aviation (Lyotnyi Otriad Voyenno-Transportnoy Aviatsii ) ODRAO - Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment (Otdelnyi Dalniy Razvedyvatelnyi Aviatsionnyi Otriad) OSAE - Independent Composite Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Smeshannaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya) OTAE PSS - Independent Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya Poiskovo-Spasatelnoy Sluzhby) OVE - Independent Helicopter Squadron (Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya) OVE REB - Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare(Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya Radio-Elektronnoy Bor'by) OVTAE - Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya) VTAD - Military Transport Aviation Division (Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Diviziya)
Sources Piotr Butowski. Force report:Russian Air Force, Air Forces Monthly, July & August 2007 issues.