Defence Corps 56th Air Defence Corps (Semipalatinsk) 41st Air Defence Division 19th Independent Air Defence Army (19th Army of the PVO) (Transcaucasus Military District) - listing for 1988 Communications Center (Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast) 12th Air Defence Corps (Rostov-na-Don, Rostov Oblast) (became 51st Air Defence Corps in 1998) 14th Air Defence Corps (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR) 15th "Lvov Red Banner" Air Defence Corps (Alyaty (Baku), Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic) 10th Air Defence Division (Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast) Inventory (1990) The PVO inventory of 1990 was: 2,315 interceptors 500 Sukhoi Su-15 850 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 350 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 210 Sukhoi Su-27 360 Mikoyan MiG-31 AWACS aircraft 3 Tupolev Tu-126 Moss 14 Beriev A-50 Mainstay Surface-to-air missiles in service in 1990 included: 1,400 S-25 Berkut 2,400 Lavochkin S-75 Dvina 1,000 Isayev S-125 Neva\Pechora – 300+ sites, 2 or 4 missile launchers and rails 1,950 Almaz S-200 Angara\Vega\Dubna – 130 sites 1,700 Almaz S-300 – 850 sites, 15 more building ABM-1 Galosh Anti-Ballistic Missile, part of the A-35 missile defence system Obsolete aircraft Previous fighter aircraft operated by the PVO included: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 Lavochkin La-9 Fritz Lavochkin La-11 Fang Lavochkin La-15 Fantail Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot-C Sukhoi Su-11 Fishpot Tupolev Tu-28 Fiddler Yakovlev Yak-9 Yak-25 Flashlight Air-to-air missiles K-5, AA-1 Alkali - Obsolete short-range air-to-air missile K-8, AA-3 Anab - Medium-range air-to-air missile K-13, AA-2 Atoll - Short-range air-to-air missile R-4, AA-5 Ash - Long-range air-to-air missile R-40, AA-6 Acrid - Long-range air-to-air missile R-23, AA-7 Apex - Medium-range air-to-air missile R-27, AA-10 Alamo - Medium-range air-to-air missile R-33, AA-9 Amos - Long-range air-to-air missile R-60, AA-8 Aphid - Short-range air-to-air missile R-73, AA-11 Archer - Short-range air-to-air missile See also Joint CIS Air Defense System References Citations Sources Further reading "Советские Войска ПВО в последние годы Союза ССР. Часть 1" by A.G. Lenskiy and M.M. Tsybin, Saint Petersburg 2013, 164 pages. Comprehensive history of the Air Defence Forces, with unit histories of all units in existence during the last years of the USSR. Volume 2 is expected in 2014. «На страже северного неба» (Москва, 2005) председатель совета ветеранов 10-й армии ПВО генерал-майор А. С. Иванов Air defence forces Disbanded air forces Military of the Soviet Union Military units and formations established in 1948 Military units and formations disestablished in 1991 1948 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union