The 10th Independent Red Banner Air Defence Army (Military Unit Number 41137) was an army of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, active from 1960 to 1994. The headquarters was at Arkhangelsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast.
The army originated from the White Sea Air Defence Corps of the Northern Military District (Soviet Union), which was commanded by twice Hero of the Soviet Union General-major Pyotr Pokryshev: White Sea Air Defence Corps (since 1954);Order of the People's Commissar of Defence from 1954 Northern Military District (since 17.06.1958);The General Staff of the General Staff of the Air Defence Forces of June 17, 1958 10th Independent Air Defense Army (from 24.03.1960);The General Staff Directive of the Air Defence Forces of June 17, 1958 10th Independent Red Banner Air Defence Army (from 30.04.1975);Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of April 30, 1975
Northern Air Defence Army
To cover the European North in 1958 on the basis of the White Sea Air Defence Corps, the Northern Air Defence Army was formed in accordance with a directive of the General Staff of the Air Defence Forces dated June 17, 1958. The new army included: Northern Air Defence Corps (Severomorsk), which included: 91st Fighter Aviation Division; 216th Fighter Aviation Division PVO, the former 282nd Fighter Aviation Division (Vaskovo); antiaircraft artillery regiments; Radio engineering units; Polyarny Air Defence Division (Belushya Guba, Novaya Zemlya); Units of direct subordination of the army; 34th communication center.
In 1959 a Guards air defence artillery regiment was incorporated into the Northern Air Defence Corps; subsequently, the anti-aircraft missile brigade (Peninsula)]). In 1960, an air defence missile regiment (upgraded into a brigade) was relocated from the Odessa Air Defence Corps to the Arkhangelsk Region with its control point in Mirny. To strengthen fighter aviation, the 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment was transferred from the Air Force of the Northern Fleet, reequipped with the Yak-25, and relocated to Letneozersky Plesetsk District.
On March 24, 1960, the Commander-in-Chief of the Air Defence Forces decided to transform the Northern Army into the 10th Independent Air Defence Army. Subordinate formations were also assigned combined-arms numbers: Northern Air Defence Corps - 21st Air Defence Corps; Polyarny Air Defence Division - 4th Air Defence Division
Around 1965, the 359th Independent Transport Aviation Regiment, Military Unit Number 28064, was formed at Vaskovo Airport, Arkhangelsk Oblast, and joined the Army. It was only disbanded in 1994.
Forces in the 1980s 21st Air Defence Corps 4th Air Defence Division 5th Air Defence Division 23rd Air Defence Division
Fighter Regiments of the 10th Army PVO 1988 RegimentBaseEquipmentRemarks57th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentBesovetsSukhoi Su-15TM 5th Air Defence Division, moved to Norilsk-Alykel 1990; disbanded 10.93. Absorbed 991st IAP 1978.72nd Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentAmderma Airport Mikoyan MiG-314th Air Defence Division, honorifics Polotsk Order of Suvorov174th Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentMonchegorsk (air base)Mikoyan MiG-3121st Air Defence Corps, 2 Gds Naval IAP in 1945265th Fighter Aviation RegimentPoduzhemye, Karelian ASSRSukhoi Su-15TM5th Air Defence Division. Disbanded 1994.431st Fighter Aviation Regiment Afrikanda Sukhoi Su-15TM21st Air Defence Corps445th Fighter Aviation RegimentSavatiya (air base) (Kotlas)Mikoyan MiG-25P23rd Air Defence Division518th Fighter Aviation RegimentTalagiMikoyan MiG-3123rd Air Defence Division524th Fighter Aviation Regiment LetneozerskMikoyan MiG-25P23rd Air Defence Division. Disbanded 1994641st Guards Fighter Aviation RegimentRogachevo Sukhoi Su-274th Air Defence Division941st Fighter Aviation RegimentKilpyavr Sukhoi Su-2721st Air Defence Corps The army was disbanded on 1 December 1994.Michael Holm 10th independent Air Defence Army
References
Further reading V.I. Feskov, Golikov V.I., K.A. Kalashnikov, and S.A. Slugin, The Armed Forces of the USSR after World War II, from the Red Army to the Soviet (Part 1: Land Forces). (В.И. Слугин С.А. Вооруженные силы СССР после Второй Мировой войны: от Красной Армии к Советской (часть 1: Сухопутные войска)) Tomsk, 2013. Improved version of 2004 work with many inaccuracies corrected. «На страже северного неба» (Москва, 2005) председатель совета ветеранов 10-й армии ПВО генерал-майор А. С. Иванов.