# List of squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force 2007

This is a list of reported active squadrons and detachments of the Russian Air Force in 2007.
| Squadron/Detachment | Type | Headquarters | Locations | Formation | Equipment |
| 5th Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment | ODRAO | Kubinka, Moscow Oblast | 55°36′29″N 36°37′57″E﻿ / ﻿55.60806°N 36.63250°E﻿ / 55.60806; 36.63250 | NA | Antonov An-30 |
| 76th Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron | OVTAE | Migalovo, Tver Oblast | 56°49′39″N 35°45′33″E﻿ / ﻿56.82750°N 35.75917°E﻿ / 56.82750; 35.75917 | 12th VTAD | Antonov An-22 |
| 78th Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron | OVTAE | Klin-5, Moscow Oblast | 56°21′56″N 36°43′19″E﻿ / ﻿56.36556°N 36.72194°E﻿ / 56.36556; 36.72194 | 61st Air Army | Antonov An-26/Antonov An-12/Tupolev Tu-134 |
| 85th Independent Helicopter Squadron | OVE | Alakurtti, Murmansk Oblast | 66°58′13″N 30°21′44″E﻿ / ﻿66.97028°N 30.36222°E﻿ / 66.97028; 30.36222 | 6th Air Army | Mil Mi-8/Mil Mi-24 |
| 92nd Research Instructor Helicopter Squadron | IIVE | Sokol, Magadan Oblast | 59°54′52″N 150°41′52″E﻿ / ﻿59.91444°N 150.69778°E﻿ / 59.91444; 150.69778 | NA | Mi-8/Mi-24 |
| 118th Independent Helicopter Squadron | OVE | Chebenki, Orenburg Oblast | 51°58′39″N 55°32′32″E﻿ / ﻿51.97750°N 55.54222°E﻿ / 51.97750; 55.54222 | NA | Mil Mi-6/Mil Mi-8 |
| 128th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron | OSAE | Koltsovo, Sverdlovsk Oblast | 56°44′51″N 60°49′31″E﻿ / ﻿56.74750°N 60.82528°E﻿ / 56.74750; 60.82528 | 5th Air Army | An-26 |
| 137th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron | OSAE | Tolmachevo, Novosibirsk Oblast | 55°00′17″N 84°41′19″E﻿ / ﻿55.00472°N 84.68861°E﻿ / 55.00472; 84.68861 | 14th Air Army | An-26 |
| 147th Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare | OVE REB | Pushkin, Leningrad Oblast | 59°41′12″N 30°19′45″E﻿ / ﻿59.68667°N 30.32917°E﻿ / 59.68667; 30.32917 | 6th Air Army | Mi-8PPA |
| 181st Independent Aviation Squadron | OAE | Irkutsk, Irkutsk Oblast | 54°54′44″N 103°34′10″E﻿ / ﻿54.91222°N 103.56944°E﻿ / 54.91222; 103.56944 | 37th Air Army | Antonov An-12/Antonov An-30 |
| 223rd Aviation Detachment | LO | Chkalovsky, Moscow Oblast | 55°52′52″N 38°02′09″E﻿ / ﻿55.88111°N 38.03583°E﻿ / 55.88111; 38.03583 | NA | An-12/Ilyushin Il-18/Ilyushin Il-62/Il-76/Tu-134/Tupolev Tu-154 |
| 224th Air Detachment of Military Transport Aviation | LO VTA | Migalovo, Tver Oblast | 56°49′39″N 35°45′33″E﻿ / ﻿56.82750°N 35.75917°E﻿ / 56.82750; 35.75917 | 61st Air Army | Antonov An-124 Ruslan/Ilyushin Il-76MD |
| 237th Independent Helicopter Squadron | OVE | Bobrovka, Samara Oblast | 53°08′42″N 50°42′51″E﻿ / ﻿53.14500°N 50.71417°E﻿ / 53.14500; 50.71417 | 5th Air Army | Mi-8/Mi-24 |
| 320th Independent Aviation Squadron of Search & Rescue | OTAE PSS | Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast | 54°06′38″N 61°32′26″E﻿ / ﻿54.11056°N 61.54056°E﻿ / 54.11056; 61.54056 | 5th Air Army | Mi-8 |
| 386th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron | OSAE | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | 43°30′42″N 43°38′34″E﻿ / ﻿43.51167°N 43.64278°E﻿ / 43.51167; 43.64278 | NA | An-12 |

## Index of abbreviations

* IIVE - Research Instructor Helicopter Squadron (Issledovatelskiy Instruktorskiy Vertoliotniy Eskadrilya)
* LO - Aviation Detachment (Lyotnyi Otriad)
* LO VTA - Aviation Detachment of Military Transport Aviation (Lyotnyi Otriad Voyenno-Transportnoy Aviatsii )
* ODRAO - Independent Long-range Reconnaissance Aviation Detachment (Otdelnyi Dalniy Razvedyvatelnyi Aviatsionnyi Otriad)
* OSAE - Independent Composite Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Smeshannaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya)
* OTAE PSS - Independent Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya Poiskovo-Spasatelnoy Sluzhby)
* OVE - Independent Helicopter Squadron (Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya)
* OVE REB - Independent Helicopter Squadron of Electronic Warfare(Otdelnaya Vertoliotnaya Eskadrilya Radio-Elektronnoy Bor'by)
* OVTAE - Independent Military Transport Aviation Squadron (Otdelnaya Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Eskadrilya)
* VTAD - Military Transport Aviation Division (Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsionnaya Diviziya)

## Sources

* Piotr Butowski. Force report:Russian Air Force, Air Forces Monthly, July & August 2007 issues.