page_title: Soviet Air Forces
section_title: Soviet Air Force inventory in 1990
hierarchical_section_title: Soviet Air Forces / Soviet Air Force inventory in 1990
caption_attribution_description: English: Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO code Flagon) armed with R-98MR missiles.
context_page_description: The Soviet Air Forces was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II. The groups were also involved in the Korean War, and dissolved along with the Soviet Union itself in 1991–92. Former Soviet Air Forces' assets were subsequently divided into several air forces of former Soviet republics, including the new Russian Air Force. "March of the Pilots" was its song.
context_section_description: 205 strategic bombers
  30 Myasishchev M-4
  160 Tupolev Tu-95
  15 Tupolev Tu-160
  230 medium bombers
  80 Tupolev Tu-16
  120 Tupolev Tu-22
  30 Tupolev Tu-22M
  1,520 fighters
  50 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
  600 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
  40  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
  90 Sukhoi Su-27
  540 Mikoyan MiG-29
  200 Mikoyan MiG-31
  2,155 attack aircraft
  100 Sukhoi Su-7
  535 Sukhoi Su-17
  50 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
  630 Sukhoi Su-24
  340 Sukhoi Su-25
  500 Mikoyan MiG-27
  74 tankers
  14 Ilyushin Il-78
  40 Myasishchev M-4 'Molot'
  20 Tupolev Tu-16
  835 Reconnaissance and ECM aircraft
  50 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
  160 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25
  135 Sukhoi Su-17
  150 Sukhoi Su-24
  170 Yakovlev Yak-28
  120 Tupolev Tu-16
  20 Tupolev Tu-22M
  30 Ilyushin Il-22
  577 transport aircraft
  12 Antonov An-124
  55 Antonov An-22
  125 Antonov An-12
  385 Ilyushin Il-76
  2,935 civilian and other transport aircraft, usually Aeroflot aircraft which were easily converted
caption: Sukhoi Su-15
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