8th Air Army

It was formed June 13, 1942, by order of the State Defence Committee (NKO) Number 00119 dated June 9, 1942, on the basis of the Air Forces of the Southwestern Front.Later, as part of the Southern Front (October 20, 1943, it renamed 4th Ukrainian).During the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation it was part of the 1st Ukrainian Front.The VVS Southwestern Front was reorganised as the 8th Air Army on 9 June 1942.Most units (including the 8th Assault Aviation Corps and the 10th Fighter Aviation Corps, and the 321st Bomber Aviation Division) were transferred to the Air Forces (VVS) of the Kiev Military District in April 1946.
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