Formed in June 1943 from the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, the army was disbanded during the postwar reorganization of the Air Defense Forces.
The army was formed in June 1943 from the 6th Fighter Aviation Corps PVO, tasked with the air defense of Moscow and nearby facilities, under the command of Major General Alexander Borman.
It was successively part of the Moscow, Western, Northern, and Central Air Defense Fronts.
Mitenkov was replaced by Lieutenant General Serafim Pestov in March 1945; the latter led the army until after the end of the war.
[3] It was four air defence corps strong in 1949, 1952, and 1955, though a further Guards Fighter Aviation Division had been added by 1955.