Day of Air Defense Forces of Belarus

Modern anti-aircraft missile systems on combat duty."Day of Air Defense Forces" was established by presidential decree No. 157 in March 1998, but began to celebrate it in Soviet times. The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1975 decided: for the great merits of the Air Defense Forces during the war and for the performance of particularly important tasks in peacetime, to celebrate this day annually on the second Sunday of April. It was in April 1975 that the most important government decrees on the organization of air defense were adopted. Military historians continue to argue about what to consider the date of birth of Russian air defense forces, but it is known for sure, as soon as the means of air attack appeared, the question of air defense immediately arose.

As an independent branch of the armed forces, air defense troops were created on November 9, 1941. After the Republic of Belarus gained state sovereignty and created its own Armed Forces in 1992, air defense troops were formed. At the end of 2001, at the final stage of reforming the Armed Forces, it was decided to form a single type - the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces.

The air defense units of Belarus are equipped with modern anti-aircraft missile systems, new-generation automated control systems created by the domestic military-industrial complex, as well as modernized MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters at Belarusian enterprises.

Since 1995, Belarus has been a member of the CIS Joint Air Defense System. In addition, for 10 years, the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of Belarus have been on joint combat duty with the air defense forces and means of the Russian Federation. Every year, the calculations of the Belarusian anti-aircraft missile systems S-300, Buk and others have the opportunity to conduct live firing at the ranges of Russia.

As an independent branch of the armed forces, air defense troops were created on November 9, 1941. After the Republic of Belarus gained state sovereignty and created its own Armed Forces in 1992, air defense troops were formed. At the end of 2001, at the final stage of reforming the Armed Forces, it was decided to form a single type - the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces.