Editing Soviet Air Defence Forces (section)

==Inventory (1991)==
[[Image:Su-15 Flagon.jpg|thumb|right|A Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon]]

The PVO inventory of 1991 was:<ref>{{cite book |last1=International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The military balance. 1991-1992. |date=1991 |publisher=Brassey's |location=London |isbn=978-0080413259 |page=38|author1-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}</ref>

;2,370 [[Interceptor aircraft|interceptors]] :
: 500 [[Sukhoi Su-15]]
: 890 [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23]]
: 480 [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25]]
: 230 [[Sukhoi Su-27]]
: 270 [[Mikoyan MiG-31]]

;600 [[Trainer aircraft|trainers]] :
: 200 [[Aero L-29 Delfín]]
: 400 [[Aero L-39 Albatros]]

;In storage :
: 100 [[Tupolev Tu-128]]

;[[Airborne Early Warning and Control|AWACS]] aircraft
: 15 [[Beriev A-50|Beriev A-50 Mainstay]]

[[Surface-to-air missile]]s in service in 1990 included:<ref>George M. Mellinger, Chapter IV, Soviet Deployments and Military Districts, 1990, in Soviet Armed Forces Review Annual 14:1990, Academic International Press</ref>

: 1,400 [[S-25 Berkut]]
: 2,400 [[S-75 Dvina|Lavochkin S-75 Dvina]]
: 1,000 [[S-125|Isayev S-125 Neva\Pechora]] – 300+ sites, 2 or 4 missile launchers and rails
: 1,950 [[S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna|Almaz S-200 Angara\Vega\Dubna]] – 130 sites
: 1,700 [[S-300P|Almaz S-300]] – 850<ref>The Military Balance 2010. p.222,223</ref> sites, 15 more building
: [[ABM-1 Galosh]] [[Anti-Ballistic Missile]], part of the [[A-35 anti-ballistic missile system|A-35 missile defence system]]

===Obsolete aircraft===
Previous fighter aircraft operated by the PVO included:{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3]]
* [[Lavochkin La-9|Lavochkin La-9 Fritz]]
* [[Lavochkin La-11|Lavochkin La-11 Fang]]
* [[Lavochkin La-15|Lavochkin La-15 Fantail]]
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 Fagot]]
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco]]
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 Farmer]]
* [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed]]
* [[Sukhoi Su-9|Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot-C]]
* [[Sukhoi Su-11|Sukhoi Su-11 Fishpot]]
* [[Tupolev Tu-28|Tupolev Tu-28 Fiddler]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-9]]
* [[Yakovlev Yak-25|Yak-25 Flashlight]]

===Air-to-air missiles===
* [[K-5 (missile)|K-5, AA-1 Alkali]] - Obsolete short-range air-to-air missile
* [[K-8 (missile)|K-8, AA-3 Anab]] - Medium-range air-to-air missile
* [[K-13 (missile)|K-13, AA-2 Atoll]] - Short-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-4 (missile)|R-4, AA-5 Ash]] - Long-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-40 (missile)|R-40, AA-6 Acrid]] - Long-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-23 (missile)|R-23, AA-7 Apex]] - Medium-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-27 (air-to-air missile)|R-27, AA-10 Alamo]] - Medium-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-33 (missile)|R-33, AA-9 Amos]] - Long-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-60 (missile)|R-60, AA-8 Aphid]] - Short-range air-to-air missile
* [[R-73 (missile)|R-73, AA-11 Archer]] - Short-range air-to-air missile