Editing Soviet Air Defence Forces (section)

{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Soviet Air Defence Forces
| native_name                   = {{langx|ru|Войска ПВО СССР|label=none}}<br/>Voyska PVO SSSR
| command_structure             = [[Soviet Armed Forces]]
| identification_symbol         = [[File:Roundel of the Soviet Union (1945–1991).svg|100px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Roundel
| start_date                    = 24 May 1918
| disbanded                     = 14 February 1992
| country                       = {{flagdeco|Soviet Union}} [[Soviet Union]]
| garrison                      = [[Moscow]]
}}
{{Short description|Air defense branch of the Soviet Armed Forces}}
The '''Soviet Air Defence Forces''' ({{langx|ru|войска ПВО|voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony, '''voyska PVO''', '''V-PVO'''|Anti-Air Defence Troops}}; {{langx|ru|противовоздушная оборона страны, ПВО страны|protivovozdushnaya oborona strany, PVO strany|Anti-Air Defence of the Country|links=no|label=formerly}}) 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 1991 until it was merged into the [[Russian Air Force|Air Force]] in 1998. Unlike Western air defence forces, V-PVO was a branch of the military unto itself, separate from the [[Soviet Air Force]] (VVS) and Air Defence Troops of Ground Forces. During the Soviet period it was generally ranked third in importance of the Soviet services,<ref name="Suvorov" /> behind the [[Strategic Rocket Forces]] and the Ground Forces.

{{Soviet military}}