The Air Force High Command as such no longer exists. They tried to saddle with the Russian Airborne Forces with the same number and the same thing, but due to the active position of the paratroopers, this has not yet been done. The positions of the pilots, who had been systematically reduced for a long time, were destroyed, deprived of fuel for flying hours - and so on … - except in the kitchen - we did not hear.
So, in unequal battles with flying pieces of paper from the table - prime minister's - presidential - on a stool - our valiant aviation was quietly and imperceptibly for the country and the people - almost all of them were knocked out or subordinated to the enemy.
The Air Force is gone. And what is left will be subordinate to common tasks … NATO.
Who is not convinced yet, look here:
Army aviation removed from the subordination of the Russian Air Force - Air Force Commander
November 16. Interfax-Russia.ru - Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Alexander Zelin said on Tuesday that the army aviation has become subordinate to the United Strategic Commands, the Russian Air Force will be responsible only for the combat training of the army aviation.
"The forces and means of army aviation, which are now at eight air bases, have passed directly under the command of the commanders of the United Strategic Commands. The task of the Air Force Commander-in-Chief is to engage in combat training of army aviation," Zelin said at a meeting with the air attaché.
According to him, today the forces and means of the army aviation are subordinate to the commander of the United Strategic Commands, or otherwise - the commanders of the military districts - Western, Southern, Central and Eastern.
A. Zelin also said that in the future 14 army aviation bases will be created.
He added that a program is being implemented to update the army aviation's helicopter fleet.
“We plan to re-equip the army aviation with new types of combat and transport helicopters, including heavy transport helicopters, in a very short time, since we understand that it is impossible to solve the problem of mobility without army aviation in modern conditions,” A. Zelin said.
He said that the Russian Air Force has practically completed its reform. In their structure, they today have: the main command, seven operational commands, seven air bases of the first category and eight air bases of the second category, as well as 13 aerospace defense brigades.
According to A. Zelin, the Air Force switched to a new organizational and staff structure, which assumes three levels of command: strategic, operational and tactical.
A. Zelin said that the Russian Air Force will have about 170 thousand personnel, including officers - 40 thousand, contract servicemen - about 30 thousand.
Air Force Commander: Russian aviation can be used in the interests of NATO
Russian aviation can be used in the interests of NATO, said Russian Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin at a meeting with air attachés of foreign armies.
“We have solved the problem of exchanging airspace control data with NATO. Now the issue of using the military transport aviation of the Russian Air Force for the transfer of goods in the interests of NATO is also being worked out,”said Alexander Zelin.
