section_path: Structure
section_name: Structure
paragraph_text: Structure
  
  In 2009 the structure of the VVS was completely changed to a command-air base structure from the previous structure of air army-air division or corps- air regiment. The VVS was divided into four operational commands, the Aerospace Defense Operational Strategic Command (seemingly primarily made up of the former Special Purpose Command), the Military Transport Aviation Command, and the Long-Range Aviation Command. This listing is a composite; the available new information covers frontline forces, and the forces of central subordination are as of approximately August 2008. Warfare.ru maintains what appears to be a reasonably up-to-date listing, and Combat Aircraft magazine in June 2010 listed their organization's estimate of the new order of battle.
  
  This listing appears to be as of June 2009: