Военное обозрение By Topwar
January 22 is the Day of Russia aviation air defense troops. On this day in 1942, by order of the USSR People’s Commissariat of Defense, corps, divisions and regiments of fighter aviation allocated for air defense of strategic facilities became part of the troops Defense.
The first time combat aircraft were used to cover strategic objects in Russia was during the First World War. Airplanes equipped with machine guns regularly flew to intercept enemy aircraft. It was during those years that Russian pilots began to practice such a type of interception of an air target as ramming. As a rule, they resorted to it in cases where the ammunition had already been used up, and it was not possible to destroy the uninvited guest.
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