Aviation of law enforcement forces today are aviation regiments and individual squadrons that transport personnel, weapons, combat and special equipment, etc. material resources, ensure the actions of internal troops and internal affairs bodies when they perform tasks to ensure a state of emergency, combat organized crime in armed conflicts, emergencies and other emergency circumstances.
Aviation Day of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is celebrated on March 3. It was on this day in 1978 that the Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR “On strengthening the protection of artificial structures in the Trans-Baikal and Far Eastern railways", according to which the formation of new military units internal troops. The 1st separate aviation squadron of the internal troops was formed in Khabarovsk.
Heads the aviation of internal troops Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Russian Federation in aviation - head of the aviation department of the Main Command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Lieutenant General Alexander Ivanovich Afinogentov.
The 70th separate mixed special purpose aviation regiment of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is stationed at the Ermolino airfield in the Kaluga region. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Ivanov Alexander Ivanovich.
One of the regiment’s Il-76MD aircraft is named after Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev, the first chief of aviation of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev was born in 1935. Graduated from the Balashov Military Aviation School for Pilots. From 1957 to 1978 he served in various military positions as senior flight personnel in Border Troops, personally mastered the Li-2, Il-14, An-26, Il-76 aircraft, and the Mi-8 helicopter.
Participated in combat operations in Afghanistan. For courage and courage when performing combat and special missions awarded with orders Red Star, “For service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR”, III degree, medals, he was awarded the honorary title “Honored Military Pilot of the USSR”.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev regularly carried out responsible tasks for transporting members of the government of the USSR, the Russian Federation, and heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Having retired from the Internal Troops upon reaching the age limit for serving military service, Vladimir Mikhailovich remained an active pilot, continuing to train future pilots in the ROSTO organization.
Major General Ponomarev passed away in 2007, but the Il-76MD “Vladimir Ponomarev” aircraft named after him immortalized the memory of the professional aviator who dedicated 42 years of service to the skies of his homeland.
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Ermolino airfield was built in 1938, and was originally used as a military unpaved airfield. In 1954, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the USSR Ministry of Radio Industry, and in 1965, construction began on concrete parking lots, taxiways and a runway (3000x60 meters), which was put into operation in 1973. Aviation of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has been based at the Ermolino airfield since 1992.
Aviation detachment special purpose Special Purpose Center for Rapid Reaction Forces and Aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (AOSN "Yastreb" TsSN SR Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia) - "Yastreb" is an aviation special forces. The center is operationally subordinate to a unit of the central apparatus of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which implements the functions of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in organizing the activities of the rapid reaction forces.
The head office of the AOSN "Yastreb" TsSN SR Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is located in the Aviamotornaya metro area. Here the detachment has a spacious, renovated office building
We are met and will be accompanied in the future, told and shown everything - deputy commander of the special purpose aviation detachment "Yastreb" of the Special Purpose Center for Rapid Reaction Forces and Aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for flight work - Yumaev Marat Abdrashitovich, police colonel
Since the detachment is aviation, there is a helipad on the roof of the office building
The dispatcher prepares for the arrival of a helicopter
Helicopters of the Yastreb aviation detachment are based at the Chkalovsky airport near Moscow. Travel time from Chkalovsky to the office by helicopter is about 10 minutes.
The helicopter is controlled by the commander of the Yastreb flight squad. After posing for us, the helicopter flew back to the Chkalovsky airfield to wait for us there.
In the meantime, we have the opportunity to see the life of an aviation detachment.
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Police officer studying technical materials
Layout diagram of the main airfields (sites) in the Moscow hub control area with communications and radio information data
It has its own small gym, although the employees don’t have much free time.
It can be seen that the building has been completely renovated, everything is new everywhere and everything is clean and tidy, just like home
The Yastreb aviation detachment is relatively young in state aviation; in 2013, the detachment was only 10 years old.
The unit is proud of them. I serve the law - I serve the people!
A portable small-sized complex that includes two aircraft, a compact control station with a spare set of batteries for the aircraft and a backpack container for carrying 2 UAVs. This reliable complex is designed for use in the first line of reconnaissance, as well as for observing the surface of land and sea. The time required to prepare the kit into working condition is 5 minutes. ZALA 421-08 is controlled in automatic or semi-automatic mode.
The squad is constantly developing, purchasing new technology and equipment. The squad of unmanned aerial vehicles is working hard, the workload is crazy. The detachment is assigned to the region and the nearest districts (Kaluga, Tver regions, seven regions in total)
Aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle ZALA 421-16E. Aircraft-type UAVs develop high speed and can fly at a distance of up to 50 kilometers, while from a distance of up to 25 kilometers, an unmanned “baby” can broadcast video images to the base, and it can conduct autonomous shooting while being at a distance of up to 50 kilometers from the operator. If the signal is lost, the drone returns to the base on its own.
Bloggers carefully study unmanned aerial vehicles
A closed video communication system where you specify where the aircraft will fly, and you can immediately monitor in real time where the drone is. UAVs are a special pride of the aviation squad.
These helicopters have nothing to do with the Yastreb squad, but I just couldn’t pass by, still beautiful KA-226 machines
Helicopters for decommissioning...waiting in the wings
We are met by Igor Leonidovich Konshin - police colonel, commander of the Yastreb flying squad.
Igor Leonidovich spoke a little about the "Hawk" detachment
The Yastreb aviation detachment is relatively young, but during this time it has undergone tremendous development. If you look at how we were based initially, we sat in small, shabby offices on Bolshaya Lubyanka and now we have a large, renovated office building. Previously, the detachment was based in Bykovo, but unfortunately Bykovo airport, which is very conveniently located geographically for carrying out tasks, was closed. We found a place for ourselves to be based on helicopters and, plus, to have an airplane nearby. We began to be based at Chkalovsky and Ramenskoye airports. We have a spread aviation technology This was done specifically to complete tasks; if all the equipment is in one place, it will not be correct. It would seem that Chkalovsky and Ramenskoye are nearby, but the weather can be radically different. There may be an open sky in Chkalovskoye when Ramenskoye is closed. Therefore, this allows us to quickly complete assigned tasks. We fly helicopters in almost all weather conditions. All the pilots of the detachment went through fire, water and copper pipes, all were former military pilots.
In Chkalovsky we have 1 helicopter crew on duty around the clock, with a total of 5 people on duty shift. Ready for departure in 20 minutes.
There are two hangars on the territory. One, as it were, is divided into a household block and a garage for special equipment.
Igor Leonidovich: “The management has a lot of plans for development. I would like people to come to duty as if it were home, for this purpose comfortable conditions are created for serving.”
In the kitchen, where the duty shift eats, the cat Klyopa lives :)
There is a small recreation area with strength training equipment and tennis tables.
The main striking force of the Yastreb AOSN is the light multifunctional helicopters AS-355 Ecureuil (translated from French as squirrel) produced by the French aircraft manufacturing concern Eurocopter.
One of the helicopters bears the name Alexander Kalabushkin (named in honor of a deceased squad member); it was this helicopter that was flown by Igor Leonidovich when we were on the roof of the office building.
Pilot's seat in the AS-355 helicopter
One of the helicopters is painted to resemble a camouflage, the other in police colors. The squad is given different tasks and some tasks require one coloring, others another. This helicopter was used to film the inauguration of Russian President V.V. Putin
One of the most important and responsible areas in the work of the air squad is interaction with special forces units. First of all, with the SOBR "Lynx" and the riot police "Zubr". Here, the main task of police aviation is to transport the combat group to the site of the special operation. The helicopter can carry up to 4 employees with weapons and in full gear. Special forces can be located not only inside the helicopter, but also outside. In addition to transport and combat functions, the helicopter performs reconnaissance missions using special equipment.
Maximum flight altitude is 6 km, speed is 250 km/h. The most important requirement for a police helicopter - maneuverability. Despite the fact that a helicopter does not have to fly often in urban areas, and its main field of activity is large open spaces, albeit within the city, a rotary-wing police officer must still be prepared for the fact that he will have to maneuver with small turning angles and soar sharply into the sky or descend if necessary. The AS-355 is ideal for such maneuvers. Another undeniable advantage of this machine is its weight and dimensions. Thanks to its modest size, the helicopter can, if necessary, land on an area no more than 30 meters in diameter and at the same time land on almost any site, including the roofs of high-rise buildings. Moreover, the machine is capable of operating not only in flat conditions, but also in the mountains, and this environment, as you know, is considered one of the most difficult for flights.
A towing vehicle for a helicopter, with the help of which the helicopter is kicked out and hidden in a hangar
To perform tasks, the helicopter is equipped with high-resolution video cameras, thermal imagers and other equipment.
Igor Leonidovich: “Two years ago, the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 arrived at the detachment (which should replace the ancient and slow Yak-40”), and for a year and a half they knocked out the crew for the plane. While staff reductions are taking place in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we were able to increase our staff from 73 people to 95.
- As it turns out? It’s just that, you have to work, knock on all doors and everything will be fine :) (Cognac does not flow under a lying officer))"
I am proud of my squad and my team!
Fasten your seat belts, we're going on a mission!
I would like to say a huge thank you to Marat Abdrashitovich Yumaev and Igor Leonidovich Konshin for the invitation to visit. Good luck to you in your difficult task! and also thanks to the mosblog community
And at the base at Chkalovsky airport, near the Yastreb aviation detachment, there lives a charming dog :)) who was very happy to see us all and even started dancing :))
Peaceful skies above everyone!
A good article dedicated to “small” aviation, which included the air units serving the Missile Forces strategic purpose, and subsequently the space forces.
It is clear that the wide coverage did not allow us to talk in detail about the Strategic Missile Forces aviation, but even a little is useful.
In addition to this book, another publication is dedicated to the Strategic Missile Forces aviation, which, unfortunately, I do not have. Here are his details:
Dobrokhotov V.A., Arkharov B.K., Tarasyuk A.I., Litvinyuk V.I., Rivanenko V.K. Aviation missile forces strategic purpose. Historical sketch / TsIPK, 2002
Alexander Korolev
"Small aircraft" of the Soviet security forces
In addition to the “large” aviation in the Armed Forces of the USSR (Air Force, Air Defense, Navy, AA), almost 1,400 aircraft were part of the so-called “small” aviation, they were in the Armed Forces, the KGB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR.
| Affiliation law enforcement agency | Aviation | Quantity | |||
| regiments | Individual squadrons | Individual detachments | LA | ||
| USSR Ministry of Defense | Strategic Missile Forces | 3 | 38 | - | 500 |
| Airborne Forces | - | 9 | - | 200 | |
| HF | 2 | 2 | - | 185 | |
| GO | - | - | 3 | 15 | |
| KGB USSR | PV | 9 | 8 | 1 | 420 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR | VV Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs | - | 5 | - | 60 |
| Total: | 14 | 62 | 4 | 1380 | |
Airborne Aviation
It had its own aviation as part of one of the most combat-ready components Ground Forces- Airborne Forces: airborne headquarters were assigned squadrons that included An-2 aircraft and Mi-8 helicopters, intended mainly for the initial training of personnel in parachute landing (so over the 50 years of its existence, the 110th aviation squadron parachuted more than 2,000,000 people) and solving connected problems.
| Airborne Aviation | ||||||
| 58 | owe | Ryazan (Turlatovo) | Mi-8 | - | - | RVVDKU |
| 110 | osae | Tula (Myasnovo) | An-2 | Mi-8 | - | 106 gvvdd |
| 115 | osae | Fergana | An-2 | Mi-8 | - | 105 gvvdts |
| 116 | osae | Ganja | An-2 | Mi-8 | Mi-2 | 104 gvdd |
| 185 | osae | Kaunas | An-2 | Mi-8 | Mi-2 | 7 gvdts |
| 210 | osae | Vitebsk (North) | An-2 | Mi-8 | - | 103 gvdd |
| 242 | osae | Pskov (Shabanovo) | An-2 | Mi-8 | Mi-2 | 76 gvdd |
| 243 | osae | Bolgrad | An-2 | Mi-8 | - | 98 gvdd |
| 266 | osae | Gaizhunai | An-2 | Mi-8 | - | 242 UC |
The Airborne Forces Aviation was created by order of the USSR Minister of Defense dated December 29, 1958, when 7 aviation squadrons of An-2 aircraft were transferred from the Air Force.
In addition to the osae on the An-2 and Mi-8, the airborne aviation had a number of directly subordinate units: the 58th osae at the Ryazan Airborne Forces Command, the 266th osae at the 242nd training center in the Lithuanian Gaizhunai. Two more units were attached to the Airborne Forces headquarters - the 185th Ovo in Podolsk (from the AA) and the OAO in Klin (from the Air Force).
The bulk of the Airborne Forces aviation units were stationed in the Moscow Military District and the Baltic Military District (two airborne forces each). In LenVO, OdVO, BelVO, ZakVO and TurkVO there was one each.
From 1984 to 1998, the head of airborne forces was Colonel A.S. Savelyev.
 An-2 Airborne Aviation |
Aviation Strategic Missile Forces
The history of aviation of the Strategic Missile Forces dates back to 1950, when an aviation unit of Po-2 aircraft was created at the 4th State Central Training Ground of the Ministry of Defense (Kapustin Yar). The aircraft included in its composition were used to increase the efficiency of control, search for crash sites of rocket stages, collect and deliver research materials and solve other transportation problems. In subsequent years, the unit grew to the size of the osae.
Aviation links, and later squadrons, were created to support the activities of the Baikonur Cosmodrome, the 43rd separate scientific testing station (ONIS), located in Kamchatka.
In 1958, the first nuclear power plant was created, which ensured the functioning of the intercontinental ballistic missile formation (Plesetsk). Already by mid-1959, 4 special forces were created as part of the Strategic Missile Forces, armed with Il-12, Il-14, Li-2, Po-2, Yak-12, Yak-18 aircraft and Mi-4 helicopters.
On December 17, 1959, a new branch of the USSR Armed Forces was formed - the Strategic Missile Forces, and in the same year the first smallpox units were created as part of the Strategic Missile Forces (Baikonur and Kapustin Yar, 99th and 158th smallpox, respectively).
In 1960, the newly formed missile armies began to be assigned osae, and individual missile corps - separate aviation detachments. In 1964, to ensure the life of the 60th Missile Division, the first OVE was created (10th OVE, Tatishchevo settlement). In total, by the end of 1964, the aviation that was part of the Strategic Missile Forces included 2 osap, 5 osae and 2 ove.
Subsequently, as the combat power of the most formidable branch of the armed forces of the USSR grew, its numerical strength also increased, reaching its maximum by the end of 1991, when the Strategic Missile Forces aviation included 3 osap, 7 osae/otae and 31 ove. At this time, it served in the An-12, An-24, An-26, An-72, IL-18SIP, Il-20RT, Il-22 aircraft and Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-9/ helicopters. 19R and Mi-22 (total about 500 aircraft).
It is also worth noting that in 1982, the Main Directorate of Space Facilities (GUKOS) was removed from the Strategic Missile Forces and transferred directly to the USSR Minister of Defense. At the same time, the 99th Osap (Baikonur airfield) was also included in their composition.
At the level of missile divisions (and there were 43 of them at the time of the collapse of the USSR), helicopters were used, which, for the most part, performed the following tasks: delivery of personnel to duty; conducting various types intelligence; photocontrol of the quality of camouflage of control points and launchers; anti-sabotage fight; patrolling communications; escorting automobile convoys with special cargo and launchers as they enter patrol routes; providing various types of tests, etc.
The commanders of the missile divisions also had at their disposal specially designed helicopters - Mi-19R air command posts. But operational-tactical formations - missile armies (there were 6 of them) could boast of a “personal” aircraft unit: they were “entitled” to the OSAE, which included mainly An-24/26, Il-22 aircraft and Mi-8 helicopters, Mi-9 and Mi-22.
Since the late 1980s. Strategic Missile Forces aviation began to be involved in search and rescue support for flights in the areas of responsibility of aviation of military districts and air armies, and after the flight of Matthias Rust - and on duty in the air defense system to intercept low-altitude, low-speed targets.
In addition, part of aviation (sometimes to the point of smallpox) was assigned to various scientific units, mainly engaged in flight tracking spacecraft. Their prominent representative can be called the 84th smallpox (Klyuchi, Kamchatka). Such units and units, in addition to performing purely transport tasks, were also engaged in filming the launches, flights and landings of spacecraft, as well as collecting telemetric information. Smallpox was also assigned to the 43rd ONIS "Kama" (Kamchatka), the 4th State Central Interspecific Test Site (Kapustin Yar) and the 1st State Test Site (Plesetsk).
The Strategic Missile Forces aviation differed among all small aviation big amount individual squadrons, in this case - OVE, which was due to the specifics of its activities: these squadrons were assigned to missile divisions of the Strategic Missile Forces.
The “court” unit of the Main Headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces was located in Yermolino near Moscow; it included, among other things, 5 An-72s. In addition, a separate aeronautical squadron was stationed in Kamchatka.
Of the 38 "combatant" oveh and osae greatest number stationed in PurVO - 9, Siberian Military District - 7 and Moscow Military District - 6. There were four of them in ZabVO and PrikVO, BelVO - three, TurkVO - two, in DalVO, OdVO and KVO - one each.
The Chief of the Aviation Staff of the Main Staff of the Strategic Missile Forces from July 1983 to December 1991 was Aviation Major General I.A. Nekrakh, then he was replaced by Major General of Aviation G.P. Kochergin, who held this position until 2000.
Aviation of the Space Forces
The Main Directorate of Space Facilities (GUKOS or, in common parlance, space forces), withdrawn from the Strategic Missile Forces in 1982 and directly subordinate to the Minister of Defense of the USSR, also included transport aircraft and helicopters, which were used in solving current issues of the life of the cosmodromes of the Country of Soviets .
| Aviation of the Space Forces | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | oitapon | Chkalovsky | IL-76 | An-12 | An-26 | Tu-134 | Tu-154 | L-39 |
| 99 | smallpox | Extreme (Baikonur) | An-72 | An-26 | Mi-8 | IL-20RT | IL-18 | An-24 |
| 54 | oiae | Kapustin Yar (Znamensk) | Mi-8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 286 | osae | Extreme (Baikonur) | An-12 | An-26 | Mi-8 | - | - | - |
The KV aviation was led by the Chief of Aviation of the Office of the Chief of Space Facilities of the USSR Ministry of Defense. Until 1986, this position was called the Chief of Aviation GUKOS.
A rather interesting aviation unit within the KV aviation was the 70th separate research and training aviation regiment for special purposes named after. Hero Soviet Union S.V. Seryogin, which was intended, among other things, for flight and special training of future cosmonauts. The regiment was organizationally part of the 1st Research Institute of the Cosmonaut Training Center of the USSR Ministry of Defense named after. Yu.A. Gagarin. And, although at times it included up to four aviation squadrons, the early 1990s. The regiment met in two squadrons: the first - on the L-39 and the second, which included the Il-76MDK, Tu-154M-LK-1, Tu-134LK (specialized aircraft for training cosmonauts) and Tu-134A, An-12, An- 26. He was also entrusted with the task of transporting the leadership of the space forces.
Another regiment, the 99th Osap, together with the 286th Osap, supported the activities of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It included, among others, the An-72, Il-20RT and special telemetry versions of the Il-18 (in 1989-1990, all Il-20RTs were transferred to the Navy aviation). The main part of the KV aviation was stationed in TurkVO.
Civil Defense Aviation
In 1981-1982 As part of the civil defense forces of the USSR, subordinate to the Ministry of Defense, at least three ovo were formed: 136th ovo (Krasnoyarsk (Cheremshanka), 137th ovo (Garovka-2), 138th ovo (Vladimir (Dobrynskoe) They included Mi-8 and Mi-6 helicopters.According to some reports, there was another similar helicopter in Barnaul.
| Civil Defense Aviation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136 | ovo | Krasnoyarsk (Cheremshanka) | Mi-8 | Mi-6 |
| 137 | ovo | Garovka-2 | Mi-8 | Mi-6 |
| 138 | ovo | Vladimir (Dobrynskoye) | Mi-8 | - |
Also, railway troops had their own helicopter detachments (for example, two military units in 1974-1987 served the construction of the BAM, based in Chegdomyn and Tyumen/Tynda) and, according to some sources, pipeline troops in Vologda.
Aviation of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR
 Border Mi-8 |
 Yak-40 from the USSR KGB PV aviation |
| Aviation of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | uap | Stavropol (Shpakovskoe) | An-26 | An-72 | Yak-40 | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | Ka-27PS | chtsp (CPB APV) |
| OJSC CH |
Moscow (Sheremetyevo-2) | Tu-134 | IL-76 | An-72 | Yak-40 | Mi-8 | - | NCP | |
| oaap | Vorkuta / Tiksi / Chersky | An-26 | An-24 | Mi-8 | Mi-26 | Ka-27PS | - | OAPO | |
| 10 | oap | Almaty (Burunday) | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | Mi-26 | Yak-40 | An-26 | An-72 | KSAPO |
| 11 | oap | Vladivostok (Knevichi) / Sovetskaya Gavan | An-26 | Mi-8 | Yak-40 | Ka-27PS | Mi-24 | - | KDPO |
| 14 | oap | Petrozavodsk | An-26 | An-24 | Mi-8 | - | - | - | KSZPO |
| 15 | oap | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo / Khalaktyrka) | An-26 | An-72 | Mi-8 | Ka-27PS | Mi-26 | Ka-25? | KTPO |
| 16 | oap | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Khomutovo) / Mendeleevo (Yuzhno-Kurilsk) | An-26 | An-72 | Yak-40 | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | Ka-27PS | KTPO |
| 17 | oap | Mary-3 / Nebit-Dag | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | An-26 | Mi-26? | - | - | KSAPO |
| 23 | oap | Dushanbe | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | Mi-26 | An-26 | - | - | KSAPO |
| 7 | uae | Provideniya Bay | An-26 | An-24 | Ka-27PS | Mi-8 | - | - | SVPO |
| 16 | uae | Khabarovsk | An-26 | An-24 | Yak-40 | Mi-8 | - | - | KDPO |
| 18 | uae | Chita (Cheryomushki) / Kyzyl | An-24 | An-26 | Mi-8 | - | - | - | KZabPO |
| 19 | uae | Blagoveshchensk | An-26 | An-24 | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | - | - | KDPO |
| 20 | uae | Rakvere / Riga (Skulte) / Ventspils | An-24 | An-26 | Mi-8 | Ka-27PS | - | - | KZPO |
| 21 | uae | Magadan (Falcon) | An-26 | An-24 | Mi-8 | - | - | - | SVPO |
| 22 | uae | Ucharal | Mi-8 | Mi-24 | - | - | - | - | kvpo |
| 24 | uae | Odessa (School) | An-26 | Mi-8 | Ka-27PS | - | - | - | KZapPO |
The date of birth of PV aviation can be considered July 21, 1932, when the Council of Labor and Defense of the USSR adopted a resolution on the formation of air squads as part of the border guard. These formations were created in 1932 in Tbilisi, Tashkent, Minsk, Alma-Ata, in 1933 - in Akmolinsk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Nagaevo, Kazalinsk, Tashauz. Each detachment included 3-4 air units.
In 1935, separate air squadrons were created in Moscow and air detachments in Grozny, Rostov-on-Don, Mary (Turkmenistan), etc. Belaya (Transbaikalia), on Sakhalin, in Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, and an air link in Provedeniya Bay. Later, the United Arab Emirates was formed in Transcaucasia, based at the Tbilisi airfield, as well as the Air Force (Cabuletti), which in the post-war period were reorganized into the United Air Force Air Force.
As of the beginning of 1948, the border aviation had 10 aviation units and units, which included 182 aircraft. Since 1954, helicopters have also been accepted into service with border troops aviation.
In the early 1970s. In the PV aviation there were 12 aviation regiments and squadrons, as well as a number of aviation detachments, which included more than 150 aircraft.
It is interesting to note that before the start of hostilities in Afghanistan, the KSAPO PV was represented by only one UAE unit, stationed in the village. Mary (two An-24 and about 10 Mi-8), with operational bases in Nebit-Dag and Dushanbe. In 1981, the UAE expanded to the United Arab Emirates, which consisted of 36 helicopters. In the same year, the UAE was formed in Dushanbe (4 aircraft and 16 helicopters), which in 1983 also became the UAF (6 aircraft and 26 helicopters). In 1984, the 10th Air Force (Burunday) (KVPO) included 32 aircraft: two Yak-40s, two An-26s, 18 Mi-8s, 8 Mi-24s and two Mi-26s.
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The KGB of the USSR as of 1991 included 10 border districts: Krasnoznamenny Eastern (KVPO), Krasnoznamenny Far Eastern (KDPO), Red Banner Transcaucasian (KZakPO), Red Banner Transbaikal (KZabPO), Krasnoznamenny Western (KZapVO), Red Banner Baltic ( KPPO), Krasnoznamenny Central Asian (KSAPO), Krasnoznamenny Northwestern(KSZPO), North-Eastern (SVPO) and Red Banner Pacific (KTPO). The PV also included the Separate Arctic Border Detachment.
KSAPO had three operational units at once, KTPO - two. Another four POs had one regiment each. The remaining districts (and even not all of them) included only the United Arab Emirates.
The author managed to find information about the existence of at least 8 squadrons. Each of them included 10-15 aircraft, and in some - even more: in the UAE, stationed in Uch-Aral, in the mid-1980s. there were 19 helicopters: 15 Mi-8 and four Mi-24. There were also a number of separate aviation squadrons (Tiksi, Chersky, Nebit-Dag) and units/detachments (Riga (Skulte), Ventspils, Kyzyl) that were part of the air defense unit.
In addition to the pulp and paper production department, border aviation had a number of direct subordinate structures.
Thus, at the Moscow (Sheremetyevo) airport, a special-purpose JSC was based, which was responsible for transporting the leadership of the KGB of the USSR. It was formed in 1978 at the Ivanovo airfield as a JSC, and in 1980 it changed its name to JSC SN, having previously relocated to Sheremetyevo. JSC SN flew the Yak-40, Tu-134 and even Il-76 civilian versions - Il-76T and Il-76TD.
In PV aviation there was the only PV pulp and paper plant in “small aviation”, located in Tbilisi and Kabuletti, but in 1990 transferred to Stavropol (Shpakovskoye). Here, both “airplane” and helicopter pilots improved their level of training and retrained for new aircraft equipment.
It is worth noting that the geographical location of the structural units of the UAP and the UAE was very significant. Thus, OAAP (Vorkuta) planes and helicopters were based in Tiksi, Chersky, Murmansk, Khatanga, Naryan-Mar, Chokurdakh, and on Sredny Island.
The aircraft of the 15th airborne division (Elizovo) were located in Khalaktyrka (there, among other things, there were Mi-26 helicopters) and the village. Klyuchi, 16th OAP (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) - in the village. Hot Beach and Mendeleevo, and helicopters of the 7th UAE (b. Provideniya) were stationed in Anadyr, Pevek, Dezhnev Island, Vankarem, hall. Cross, hall. Lavrentiya, Egvekinote and at Cape Schmidt. Helicopters of the 11th airborne regiment were stationed in Sovetskaya Gavan, Dalnerechinsk, Kamen-Rybolov, Spassk-Dalniy, Pogranichny.
Of the eight “combat” regiments, three were stationed on the territory of Dalvoi and TurkVO, which had the greatest length of borders with neighboring states. There was one regiment each on the territory of the Leningrad Military District and the Pur Military Military District. As for individual squadrons, four of them were stationed on the territory of the Far Military District, one each in TurkVO, OdVO, PribVO and ZabVO.
In 1988, air force aviation reduced the air supply in the village. Knocked out of the 12th Ouap, and in 1987 - Ovo on Sakhalin.
As of 1991, the PV aviation was armed with An-24 (8), An-26 (about 30), An-72 (19), Yak-40 (7) aircraft, as well as Mi-8, Mi-8 helicopters. 24 and Mi-26. Four Il-76s and two Tu-134s were part of JSC SN. Several An-12 aircraft until the mid-1980s. flew as part of a military air force stationed in Dushanbe.
Border aviation was the most numerous among all small aviation, both in terms of combat strength and the number of aircraft. It consisted of the largest number of aviation regiments - 9 and a significant number of individual squadrons - 8. A feature of the basing of border aviation was a significant number of aircraft bases for one unit. In addition, there was a significant number of operational helipads. Due to the specifics of their activities, border aviation was deployed along the entire perimeter of the USSR border.
Border units and units, in whose area of responsibility the territorial waters of the USSR were, were equipped with Ka-25 and Ka-27PS helicopters. On Far East, An-72 flew in the Arctic, in the north of the country, in Central Asia Mi-26 helicopters were also used (they began to operate here in 1983). Even the Yak-40 flew in border aviation, which was quite a rarity in the aviation of the USSR law enforcement agencies.
The border aviation was led by the head of the aviation department of the Main Directorate of Military Administration of the KGB of the USSR, who had military rank Major General of Aviation. Since December 1991, the position was renamed deputy chairman of the committee for the protection of the state border - head of the aviation department of the Committee for the protection of the state border and became a lieutenant general. These positions were held by Aviation Lieutenant General N.A. from October 1977 until 1992. Rokhlov.
Aviation of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was assigned tasks to protect important facilities (for example, related to nuclear weapons, or BAM) and actions in the interests of the Main Directorate of Execution of Punishments.
In 1978, the aviation department of the Main Command of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs was formed, and in the spring of the following year the first airborne aviation unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was created in Khabarovsk, it included the An-26 aircraft and 15 Mi-8 helicopters. They were based not only in Khabarovsk, but also in Chita, where they stationed a separate aviation unit from the 1st OSae (4 Mi-8).
| Aviation of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs | |||||
| 1 | uae | Khabarovsk | Mi-8 | - | - |
| 2 | uae | Chita (Cheryomushki) | Mi-8 | - | - |
| 3 | osae SN | Chkalovsky | An-72 | - | - |
| Reutovo (New Village) | Mi-8 | - | - | ||
| Novosibirsk(North) | Mi-8 | - | - | ||
| Sverdlovsk (Aramil) | Mi-8 | - | - | ||
| Syktyvkar | Mi-8 | - | - | ||
| Almaty (Burunday) | Mi-8 | An-26 | - | ||
| 4 | osae | N. Novgorod (Strigino) | IL-76 | Mi-8 | - |
| 5 | osae | Rostov-on-Don (Central) | Mi-8 | - | - |
In 1980, in Khabarovsk, from the states of the 1st United Arab Emirates, the 2nd United Arab Emirates was created, which was located in Tynda and Nizhneangarsk (obaz).
After taking measures to ensure the safety of the event Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 in Reutovo (a suburb of Moscow) on the basis of the special purpose division named after. F.E. Dzerzhinsky, a flight of three Mi-8s was “planted”.
Subsequently, by “withdrawing” airplanes and helicopters from the 1st OSae and 2nd UAE in 1981, the consolidated 3rd OSae SN was formed. Its helicopters were based in Reutovo (New Village), and its planes were based in Chkalovskaya. Deliveries of An-72 also began here in 1987.
The 3rd OSAE SN, in addition to those mentioned above, included three more bases: in Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, created in 1982, and Syktyvkar (1984). They were armed with Mi-8 helicopters. Osae was organized in Gorky in 1989, and in Rostov-on-Don in 1991.
In 1987, the 2nd UAE moved to the Chita (Cheryomushki) airfield.
In the second half of the 1980s. The An-72 aircraft (5 aircraft, Chkalovskaya airfield) and Il-76 (10 aircraft, Gorky, later renamed Nizhny Novgorod) began to enter service with the aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. One of the reasons for this was the need to transfer significant forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs over long distances due to the deterioration of the crime situation in the country as a whole.
Taking into account the difficulties with the supply of aviation equipment, in total, as of 1991, about 25 Mi-8, one An-26, five An-72 and ten Il-76 were flying in the aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Aviation of the Air Force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was the smallest of all small aviation (with the exception of civil defense aviation). There were no aviation regiments in its composition - only individual aviation squadrons, which were located close to protected objects of special importance. The principle of basing this aviation was similar to the border one: helicopters were stationed not only at the main airfield, but also at other airfields and operational sites.
The head of aviation of the Air Force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs from 1978 to 1994 was Major General of Aviation V.M. Ponomarev.
In addition, during the Soviet era, it had its own aviation directly and as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. True, not entirely official... Since the late 1950s. this department, on a lease basis, used aircraft and crews from the MGA to perform its tasks. Helicopters (in the late 1980s - early 1990s - Ka-26 and Mi-2) flew mainly in the interests of the traffic police. The planes carried the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and its main structural elements. But after its appearance in the late 1970s. own aviation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the leadership of the Soviet police also had plans to create their own aviation.
At the first stage, it was decided to purchase only aircraft, without creating an aviation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and to assign them to regional and regional air traffic police (Khabarovsk, Novosibirsk, Yakutsk, Perm, Kemerovo, Moscow). For example, on September 14, 1991, they created a “Helicopter Patrol Group at the Central Internal Affairs Directorate” Kemerovo region" It was planned to supply aircraft to Kyiv, Leningrad, Alma-Ata, and Rostov.
In total, six Mi-8s and several Ka-26s were purchased (for the traffic police of Moscow and Leningrad). But it was necessary not only to fly them (it was not difficult to train crews for the “running” types of helicopters), but also to maintain them. Initially, it was decided to involve relevant specialists from the Moscow State Administration. But upon closer examination of the problem, it turned out that civilian specialists are an expensive pleasure (you have to pay for overtime, you won’t raise the alarm, you won’t be able to exceed the starting time, etc.). Therefore, it was decided... to simply “knock out” the resource of the Mi-8 and Ka-26 “on our own”, and then somehow “merge” with the aviation of the Air Force of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The first worked out (by 1992, all helicopters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were already at storage bases), with the second - not quite: 10% of the flight resource of the Ministry of Internal Troops aviation was simply allocated for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. True, this was already in 1993.
But no matter how few in number (in terms of personnel and number of aircraft) the “small” aviation described above were, each of them solved its own task, often no less important than that of its “large” colleagues...
After analysis additional information, “approached” for the last year, the updated summary data on the combat strength of aviation of the USSR law enforcement agencies is as follows:
| Aviation of the USSR law enforcement agencies (pivot table) |
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| Power structure | Branch of the Armed Forces (army branch) | VA (OA Air Defense) | Aviation divisions | Aviation (helicopter) regiments | Individual aviation (helicopter) squadrons | Individual aviation (helicopter) detachments (links), air groups |
If- quality LA, units |
| MO | Air Force | 17 | 41 | 237 | 67 | 17 | 12245 |
| NE (AA) | - | - | 52 | 61 | 5 | 4150 | |
| Air defense forces of the country | 9* | - | 91 | 18 | 16 | 3960 | |
| Navy | - | 8 | 58 | 9 | 8 | 2100 | |
| Strategic Missile Forces | - | - | 3 | 38 | - | 500 | |
| Airborne Forces | - | - | - | 9 | - | 200 | |
| HF | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 185 | |
| GO | - | - | - | - | 3 | 15 | |
| KGB | pv | - | - | 9 | 8 | 1 | 420 |
| Ministry of Internal Affairs | VV Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs | - | - | - | 5 | - | 60 |
| Total: | 26 | 49 | 452 | 217 | 50 | 23835 | |
* Plus Moscow Air Defense District.
March 27, 2014 Internal troops The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia celebrates the 203rd anniversary of its formation. Law enforcement troops trace their history back to the military battalions of the internal guard, which were formed in provincial capitals by decree of Emperor Alexander I on March 27, 1811.
Today, the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs are one of the main operators of Il aircraft. The flagship of the Internal Troops aviation is the Il-76 heavy military transport aircraft.
On the eve of the holiday, representatives of Il OJSC visited the Ermolino airfield in the Kaluga region, where the 70th separate mixed special-purpose aviation regiment of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is stationed. The regiment is armed with several types of aircraft, including the Il-76M and Il-76MD military transport aircraft. The regiment is commanded by Colonel Ivanov Alexander Ivanovich.
One of the regiment's Il-76MD aircraft is named after Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev, the first chief of aviation of the Internal Troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The solemn ceremony of assigning an honorary name to the aircraft took place on February 28, 2008.
Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev was born in 1935. Graduated from the Balashov Military Aviation School for Pilots. From 1957 to 1978, he served in various military positions as commanding flight personnel in the Border Troops, and personally mastered the Li-2, Il-14, An-26, Il-76 aircraft, and the Mi-8 helicopter. Participated in combat operations in Afghanistan. For courage and bravery in performing combat and special missions, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star, "For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" III degree, medals, and he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Military Pilot of the USSR."
Vladimir Mikhailovich Ponomarev regularly carried out responsible tasks for transporting members of the government of the USSR, the Russian Federation, and heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Having retired from the Internal Troops upon reaching the age limit for military service, Vladimir Mikhailovich remained an active pilot, continuing to train future pilots in the ROSTO organization.
Major General Ponomarev passed away in 2007, but the Il-76MD "Vladimir Ponomarev" aircraft named after him immortalized the memory of the professional aviator who dedicated 42 years of service to the skies of his homeland.
For reference
Ermolino airfield was built in 1938, and was originally used as a military unpaved airfield. In 1954, it was transferred to the jurisdiction of the USSR Ministry of Radio Industry, and in 1965, construction began on concrete parking lots, taxiways and a runway (3000x60 meters), which was put into operation in 1973. Aviation of the internal troops of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has been based at the Ermolino airfield since 1992.
The team of OJSC "IL" congratulates the personnel of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on the holiday, wishes them well-being and peaceful skies above their heads!
Brief information and photographs of 27 aircraft of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia from Chkalovsky And Ermolino.
Chkalovsky airfield
An-72 ( RF-72922 ,former numbers: RA-72922, USSR-72922) , s/n 36572040560 . (72922 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- didn’t pass. Based in Chkalovsky.
An-72 ( RF-72923 ,former numbers: RA-72923, USSR-72923) , s/n 36572060590 .
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR - 2002 year. Based in Chkalovsky.
An-72 ( RF-72924 ,former numbers: RA-72924, USSR-72924) , s/n 36572060600 . (72924 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- didn’t pass. Based in Chkalovsky.
An-72 ( RA-72976 ,former numbers: USSR-72976, 976 black) , s/n 36572094884 .
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - in storage. Extreme KVR- didn’t pass. Based in Chkalovsky.
An-72 ( RF-72979 ,former number: RA-72979) , s/n 36572095908 . (72979 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR - 2005 year. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-134A-3 ( RF-65912 ,former numbers: RA-65912, USSR-65912) , s/n 63985 . (65912 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on ARZ-407 In Minsk - 2012 year. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-134A-3 ( RF-65990,former numbers: RA-65990, USSR-65990), s/n 63690 . (65990 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2015 of the year - in storage (repair in Rostov-on-Don). Extreme KVR on ARZ-412 in Rostov-on-Don - 2012 year. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-134UB-L ( RF-66049 ,former numbers: RA-64615, 37 red ) , s/n 64615 . (66049 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-154b-2 ( RA-85565 ,former numbers: ER-85565, USSR-85565 ) , s/n 82A565. (85565 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-154M ( RA-85735 ,former number: B-2627) , s/n 92A917. (85735 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Chkalovsky.
Tu-154M ( RF-85135 ,former numbers: RA-85135, B-2628) , s/n 92A922. (85135 )
Photo - January 3, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on Aviacore in Samara - 2011 year. Based in Chkalovsky.
Ermolino airfield
An-26 ( RF-56300 ,former number: 11 yellow ) , s/n 1004 .
Photo - August 17, 2013. On July 2016 of the year - in storage. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Ermolino.
An-26 ( RF-56301 / 14 yellow ) , s/n 3207 .
Photo - January 5, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - in storage(in Ermolino). Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Novosibirsk.
An-26 ( RF-56302 ,former numbers: 06 yellow , CCCP-48980) , s/n 4701 . (56302 )
Photo - August 15, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Ermolino,formerly in Rostov-on-Don.
An-26 named "Nikolai Garidov" ( RF-56303 ,former number: 10 yellow ) , s/n 7601 . (56303 )
Photo - August 15, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Ermolino.
An-26 ( RF-56304 ,former numbers: 15 yellow , 25 red ) , s/n 8307 . (56304 )
Photo - July 9, 2016. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on 308 ARZ in Ivanovo - 2000 year. Based in Rostov-on-Don.
An-26 ( RF-56305 ,former number: 55 yellow ) , s/n 8705 . (56305 )
Photo - July 9, 2016. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR- no data. Based in Ermolino.
An-26 ( RF-56306 ) , s/n 0403 . (56306 )
Photo - January 5, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on 308 ARZ in Ivanovo - 2011 year. Based in Ermolino.
An-26 ( RF-56309 ,former numbers: 04 yellow, CCCP-46822 ) , s/n 0605 .
Photo - August 15, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on 308 ARZ in Ivanovo - 2011 year. Based in Novosibirsk.
An-26 ( RF-36174 ,former number: CCCP-26643 ) , s/n 6601 .
Photo - August 17, 2013. On July 2016 of the year - in storage. Extreme KVR on 308 ARZ in Ivanovo - 2010 year. Based in Ermolino.
An-12BK ( RF-12042 ,former number: 07 yellow ) , s/n 8345707 . (12042 )
Photo - August 15, 2015. On July 2016 of the year - flies. Extreme KVR on 325 ARZ in Taganrog - 2009 year. Based in Ermolino.
An-12BK ( RF-12043 ,former number: 08 yellow ) , s/n 9346610 .
