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''Voyska PVO'' () was the Air Defense branch of the Soviet military. PVO is short for ''Protivo-Vozdushnaya Oborona'' or "'''Anti-Air Defense'''". Unlike Western air defense forces, ''PVO Strany'' was a branch of the military unto itself, separate from the Soviet Air Force . It had its own chain of command, schools, radar and sound director sites. It also had its own surface to air missile and fighter interceptor units. In the 1981 reorganization, ''Voyska PVO'' was stripped of many Command And Control and training assets, which were given to the Air Force. In 1998 , it was merged with the Russian Air Force . Its principal role was designed to intercept United States Strategic Air Command Bomber s as they penetrated Soviet airspace in a Cold War scenario. The Day of Troops of Country Air Defense (''Den Voisk PVO Strany'') was celebrated on 10 April in the USSR. The PVO Aircraft inventory of 1987 comprised: ;1210 :305 MiG-25 Foxbat :240 Su-15 Flagon :5 Su-27 Flanker :80 Tu-128 Fiddler :65 Yak-28 Firebar :95 MiG-31 Foxhound ; Moss :1 A-50 Mainstay ( Il-76 based) SEE ALSO |
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