[1] The region headquarters was responsible for the formations providing air defense for the government institutions evacuated from Moscow and industry in the cities of Kuybyshev, Penza, Ulyanovsk, and Chapayevsk, the rail bridges over the Volga and Samarka, and airfields within the district boundaries.

In January 1945 the corps became part of the Western Air Defense Front and until the end of the war provided air defense for Minsk and other important settlements in the Belorussian-Lithuanian Military District, its units covering rear objectives, crossings and communications in the zone of the 1st Belorussian Front.

The region included the 83rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division, formed in May 1949,[3] responsible for the air defense of Minsk itself.

[1] Just before this reorganization, on 1 May 1953, the Minsk Air Defense Region included the 144th Fighter Aviation Division PVO based in eastern Belorussia with 71 aircraft, the 83rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division, a separate anti-aircraft artillery battalion, and 28 radar stations.

The army was awarded the Order of the Red Banner on 15 January 1974 for its "merits demonstrated in the battles for the defense of the Soviet homeland and successes in combat training.

[1] At this time, the army began introducing new air defense systems, with the 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 11th Air Defense Corps becoming one of the first PVO units to re-equip with the S-300PS missile system, going on alert duty in February 1986.