[2] As the 13th Air Army, the formation participated in a number of offensives in 1943–45: During the war, the 13th Air Army made 120,000 sorties.
The 13th Air Army had but one commander throughout World War II.
Stepan Dmitrievich Rybalchenko appears initially to have been a General-Major upon his appointment as commander.
[14] The 66th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment transferred to the Baltic Fleet as the 66th independent Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment in December 1989.
149th Bomber Aviation Division arrived back from Szprotawa, Poland in July 1992 to supervise the 67th, 98th Guards, and 722nd Regiments, but was disbanded in 1998.