Soviet High Command
 of the South-West Direction

The Soviet High Command of the South-West Direction Were Established in 1984. The following Soviet Military District and Group of Forces belonged to it:
 

In case of war:

Soviet High Command of the South-West Direction
24th Tactical Air Army of the Supreme Command
 (tactical use) in January 1, 1988
 

The Soviet High Command of the South-West Direction's sharpest sword was the 24th Air Army. Six bomber air regiment, with a total of 240 Su-24 ‘Fencer’ all-weather bomber aircraft belonged to it. This was a huge bomber force, which was supposed to attack NATO targets at low altitude in the eighties. The 24th Air Army's 240 pcs of Su-24 ‘Fencer’ was southern Europe's biggest tactical air striking force!

The 24th Tactical Air Army took over the bomber regiments from the neighboring air army between 1980 and 1987. Six regiments of Su-24 ‘Fencer’ were taken over, four from the 14th Tactical Air Army (7th, 230th 314th and 941st regiments forbid), one from the 36th Tactical Air Army (727th Regiment) and the one from the 26th Tactical Air Army (953rd regiment).

From the six regiment, three used modern Su-24M Fencer-D type. The Su-24M Fencer-D was able to do aerial refueling.

The Su-24 ‘Fencer’ bombers were escorted by long-range fighters. In the early eighties the 17th Tactical Air Army and the 14th Tactical Air Army handed over three fighter air regiments for the 24th Air Army. The three regiments was received by the 138th Fighter Air Division.

They planned to equip two regiments with Su-27 ‘Flanker-B’, while one regiment will use the old MiG-23MLD ’Flogger-K’ type. First the 831st Fighter Air Regiment received a long range Su-27s in 1985. The new Su-27 ‘Flanker-B’ would have been able to follow the Su-24 ‘Fencer’ bombers all the way. It had similar abilities as the USAF's F-15 Eagle.

The 190th and the 168th Fighter Air Regiments served in Afghanistan between 1986 and 1988.
 

The 24th Air Army received the reconnaissance and electronic countermeasures regiments from the 5th and the 14th Tactical Air Army.

The 118th independent Air Regiment for Electronic Warfare's two Yak-28PP ‘Brewer-E’ and one Su-24MP ‘Fencer-F’ squadron supported the Su-24 bomber divisions. The Su-24MP ‘Fencer-F’ electronic countermeasures squadron was only a test unit. The Yak-28PP ‘Brewer-E’ and the Su-24MP ‘Fencer-F’ were supersonic electronic countermeasure (ECM) aircrafts which would jam the enemy air defence radars and communications, operating in support of the strike bomber group.

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