Carpathian Military District




	Soviet Union Carpathian Military District Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

The Carpathian Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces established on May 3, 1946 on the base of the 1st Ukrainian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and Lvov Military District.

Troops of the district, including 57th Air Army, took part in 'Operation Danube', the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.

The District became subordinate to the Western Strategic Direction in the late early 80s.

The 8th Tank, 13th, and 38th Armies were stationed in the District for most of its existence. The 14th Air Army and 2nd Army of the Soviet Air Defence Forces were also located there.

In the Cold War the local Soviet Armies was planned to be moved forward from the Carpathian Military District to become part of the Czechoslovak Front if war broke out between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

In the Cold War the local Soviet Armies was planned to be moved forward from the Carpathian Military District to become part of the Czechoslovak Front if war broke out between NATO and the Warsaw Pact


	Soviet Carpathian Military District's Air Force

Soviet 57th Tactical Air Army in 1968

Yak-27R 'Mangrove' tactical reconnaissance aircraft type at Kolomija airport

Yakovlev Yak-28 bombers at the Cherlyany airport

Soviet 14th Tactical Air Army in 1973

Soviet MiG-25 'Foxbat' supersonic reconnaissance aircraft at the Kolomija AB 70s

Soviet Yak-28R Brewer-D at Kolomija airport in the seventies

Soviet 14th Tactical Air Army in 1978

The 806th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment in Mongolia and Soviet-Iranian border in 1979.

Soviet 92nd Fighter Air Regiment arrived at Pápa airbase Hungary in 1979

Early MiG-27 tactical bombers at the Chortkov airport

Soviet Carpathian Military District's Air Force in 1983

Early metallic color Su-17M3 ‘Fitter-H’ fighter-bomber aircraft at the Soviet 314th regiment

Soviet MiG-25 ‘Foxbat’ with bomb weapons at Kolomija airfield

Soviet 145th Fighter Air Regiment in Afghanistan between 1982 and 1983

Soviet Carpathian Military District's Air Force in 1988

The MiG-29s of the 4th Fighter Air Division

The multirole 179th Air Regiment

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Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, СССР, Военно-воздушные силы, Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Главное командование Западного направления, Прикарпатском ВО, ПрикВО, 57-я воздушная армия, 57-я ВА, 14-я воздушная армия, 14-я ВА, ВВС Прикарпатского военного округа