Although the titles of the regiments are translated, the regiment type sort uses the transliterated Russian abbreviation: • IAP - Fighter Aviation Regiment • BAP - Bomber Aviation Regiment • RAP - Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment • (O)SAP - (Independent) Mixed Aviation Regiment (also sometimes translated as Composite Aviation Regiment) • UAP - Training Aviation Regiment • UVP - Training Helicopter Regiment • 'IAP-PVO' indicates the regiment was part of the
Air Defence Forces before 1998, and is air defence dedicated. 'IAP-VVS' indicates that a regiment was part of the Air Force before 1998, and, in most cases, they are regiments tasked with attaining tactical air supremacy. Only a few regiments have a type suffix added yet. • TsBPiPLS - Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training • APIB - Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment • APON - Aviation Regiment for Special Purposes • IBAP - Instructor Bomber Aviation Regiment • IISAP - Research Instructor Composite Aviation Regiment • IVTAP - Instructor Military Transport Aviation Regiment • OAPSZ - Independent Air Regiment of Tanker Aircraft • OIAP - Independent Fighter Regiment • OTBVP - Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment • OSAP - Independent Composite Air Regiment • OTBVP - Independent Transport-Combat Helicopter Regiment • OVP - Independent Helicopter Regiment • OVP BU - Independent Helicopter Regiment for Battle Control • OVTAP - Independent Military Transport Air Regiment • TBAP - Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment • VTAP - Military Transport Aviation Regiment Other acronyms include: • AB - Air base • ABON - Air base for Special purposes • ABSDRLO - Air Base of Long-range Radiolocation Detection Aircraft (
Airborne early warning and control) • AG - Air group • BRS - Aircraft Reserve Base • BRV - Helicopter Reserve Base • CBPiBP - Centre for Combat Training and Combat Application • CBPiPLS - Centre for Combat Training and Flight Personnel Training • DPVO - Division of the PVO • HQ - Headquarters • KPVO -
Corps of PVO (
Air Defence Forces) • SAD - Composite Aviation Division • VVS - literally 'Military Air Forces,' the Russian term for the
Russian Air Force • VTAD - Military Transport Aviation Division • UCBP - Training Center for Combat Application • VA - Air Army The Russian word отдельный can be translated as either 'Independent,' 'Separate' or (rarely) 'Detached'; it designates a unit which is directly subordinate to a formation commander without an intermediate echelon, such as an
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