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During the war, Naval Aviation delivered an immense blow to the enemy in terms of sunken ships and crews—two and a half times more than any other unit of the Soviet Navy. Seventeen naval aviation units were honored with the title of the
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had grown significantly by 1938–1940, to become one of the main components of the Soviet Navy. By this time, the Soviets had created formations and units of the
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To attack surface ships at long ranges, the Soviet Navy was unique in deploying large numbers of bombers in a maritime role for use by Naval Aviation. The
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between Europe and North America, the primary role of these aircraft was to protect the Soviet mainland from attacks by U.S. carrier task forces.
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Russian Navy Aviation managed all land, shore and vessel-based (tender seaplanes and catapult vessels) hydroplanes and aircraft, as well as
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during landings and disembarkations and served in special wartime operations. Naval Aviation provided some air cover to
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and the Black Sea and carried out successful air strikes in the last stages of the conflict on the European and
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of Soviet aircraft carriers was deployed in the late 1970s and carried up to 30 aircraft including
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In the second half of the 1920s, the Naval Aviation order of battle began to grow. It received new
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2nd Torpedo Rananskaya Red Banner Aviation Division in the name of N.A. Ostryakova VVS VMF
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in 1991, its assets were inherited by successor states' forces, including
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naval aviation units were created in 1918. They participated in the
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to Soviet forces from North Sea to the Barents Sea and via the
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The last commander of Soviet Naval Aviation, Colonel-General
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In particular, Naval Aviation was deployed in defense of
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