The Soviet Air Defence Forces (Russian: войска ПВО, voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, voyska PVO, V-PVO, lit. Anti-Air Defence Troops; and formerly protivovozdushnaya oborona strany, PVO strany, lit.Anti-Air Defence of the Nation) was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces.Formed in 1941, it continued being a service branch of the Russian Armed Forces after …

An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army or navy.Typically, air forces are responsible for gaining control of the air, carrying out strategic and tactical bombing missions, and providing ...