Soviet 16th Air Army

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The Soviet 16th Air Army was a major formation of the Soviet Air Forces that played a key role in World War II and later served as a principal air component of Soviet forces stationed in Germany during the Cold War.

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16th Air Army (Soviet Union) 1
Soviet 16th Air Army canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf air army
formation of the Soviet Air Forces
alliance Warsaw Pact
areaOfOperations Soviet–German front in Eastern Europe
territory of Germany
branch Air Force
conflict Cold War
World War II
country Soviet Union
formedIn 1942
frontAssignment 1st Belorussian Front
Belorussian Front
Bryansk Front
Central Front
Western Front
garrisonDuringColdWar East Germany
German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED
higherCommandDuringColdWar Group of Soviet Forces in Germany
historicalImportance key Soviet tactical air formation on Eastern Front
principal Soviet air component in Germany during the Cold War
notableAircraftType bomber aircraft
fighter aircraft
ground-attack aircraft
notableOperation Battle of Berlin
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Bagration
Vistula–Oder Offensive NERFINISHED
opponentInWWII Nazi Germany
partOf Red Army Air Forces
linked to: Soviet Air Forces

Soviet Air Forces
primaryMission air defense of Soviet forces in East Germany
air support for Soviet ground forces in Germany
role operational-strategic air formation
tactical air force
service Soviet Armed Forces
linked to: Soviet armed forces
statusAfterColdWar withdrawn from Germany
successorStateContext Russian Federation Armed Forces
theater Eastern Front of World War II
timePeriod Cold War era
linked to: Cold War

Second World War era
type operational-level air formation

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Eastern Front air operations notableUnit 16th Air Army (Soviet Union)
linked to: Soviet 16th Air Army