The water seeps down and increases the level of the ground water table. On 19 September US Air Force General James B. Hecker said that Russia had lost 55 military aircraft due to being shot down by Ukrainian air defenses since the start of the invasion. Estimates provided by the IISS show that VVS combat pilots average 60 to 100 flight hours per year and pilots flying transport aircraft average 120 flight hours per year. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Evening at Pops” and “Masterpiece Theatre.” Other notables followed: “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report,” “This Old House,” “The Frugal Gourmet.” PBS also airs numerous documentaries, including several by the legendary Ken Burns, plus many British TV shows. PBS introduced Americans to “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” in the 1970s and “Are You Being Served? The list of Soviet Air Force bases shows a number that are still active with the Russian Air Force. Russian Air Force flights often use a callsign beginning with RFF: For example RFF1234. Helicopter regiments providing support to the Ground Forces include the 39th, 55th, granted Guards status after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 112th, 319th, 332nd, 337th, 440th, and the 487th. There is also a helicopter regiment in the Navy, the 830th Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment.

With the majority of Russian ground forces already committed in the invasion of Ukraine, the VVS was a primary component of the Russian military response to the rebellion. Russian airplanes increased their operations due to the September 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast counteroffensive. 275th Separate research and UAV squadron instructors(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), Yegoryevsk, Moscow Oblast. 5th Central Military Research Aviation Hospital, Krasnogorsk-3, Moscow Region. 7th Central Military Research Aviation Hospital, Moscow. 30th Central Scientific-Research Institute (ЦНИИ АКТ) – Shelkovo, also includes research institutes in Noginsk. State Research Institute of Aviation and Space Medicine, Moscow. Considering installation costs, reduced insurance rates and potential property destruction costs, a 2007 National Institute of Standards and Technology found the addition of a home sprinkler system could produce up to $4,800 in savings. Both the Irkutsk Military Aviation Engineering Institute and the Tambov Military Aviation Engineering Institute were disbanded in 2009 and transferred to VCMAEU. 206th Special Purpose Aviation Base – Chkalovsky Airport – Mi-8 helicopters. During the conflict, the VVS lost one Il-22M Airborne Command Post and five helicopters (three Mi-8, one Mi-35M, and one KA-52) as well as one damaged Mi-8. The VVS was divided into four operational commands, the Aerospace Defense Operational Strategic Command (seemingly primarily made up of the former Special Purpose Command), the Military Transport Aviation Command, and the Long-Range Aviation Command.

Space Command (Russian: Космическое командование (KK)): – 153rd Main Trial Centre for Testing and Control of Space Means named after G.S. 353rd Special Purpose Aviation Regiment- Chkalovsky Airport – Il-18, Il-76, Аn-12, Аn-72, Тu-134, Тu-154. 354th Special Purpose Aviation Regiment- Chkalovsky Airport – Il-18, Il-76, Аn-12, Аn-72, Тu-134, Тu-154. UMPK bomb kits are being particularly used with general purpose FAB-250, FAB-500 and FAB-1500 aerial bombs containing highly explosive warheads. These glide kits greatly increase range and also add an element of guidance, allowing Russian bombers, namely the Su-34, to execute aerial attacks from safer distances without entering areas covered by Ukrainian air defense systems. The VVS reportedly flew over 20,000 sorties in the war, fewer than 3,000 of which entered Ukrainian airspace, possibly due to fear of Ukraine’s sustained air defense. Current digital water leak detection systems can locate multiple water leaks to within 1 meter resolution over a complex network of cables running several kilometers. Additionally, the VVS operates radars that work in meter range only. Rezonans-NE radars that have been constructed in the Arctic in Zapolyarniy, Indiga, Shoyna and Nova Zemlya, with another in Gremikha under construction.

As the US doesn’t have these systems getting new missiles from European allies is a “big ask” from Kyiv. The U.K. Defense Intelligence reported that the Il-22M was a particularly high value asset, being one in a fleet of only 12 special mission aircraft, and that its loss could have an impact on the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. He credits this success to the Ukrainian use of SA-11 and SA-10 air defense systems. Russian pilots in Ukraine are having to use civilian GPS units “taped to the dashboards”. Reports indicated that the Russian Armed Forces were failing to stop Wagner’s momentum toward Moscow when a political resolution to the rebellion was announced. Since the merger between the VVS and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces on 1 August 2015, the commander of the VVS as part of the new Russian Aerospace Forces is titled Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Commander of the VVS. On 23 – 24 June 2023 the state-funded private military company Wagner Group rebelled against the Russian government citing increased tensions with Ministry of Defence leaders.