[2] On 1 May 1998 this brought in air forces formations (as listed at [1] and [2]) and became the 5th Independent Corps of VVS and PVO.
It had only three regiments of surface-to-air missiles (Yekaterinburg, Samara and Engels), but also included two helicopter regiments and some other auxiliary units (seemingly the Balashov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Saratov Oblast); the Orenburg Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Orenburg Oblast); the Syzran Highest Military Aviation School of Pilots (Kuybyshev Oblast); the Saratov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Saratov Oblast); the Ufa Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (Bashkirskaya ASSR); and the Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators.
[3] The 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment, operating MiG-31 aircraft, which was stationed at Bolshoye Savino Airport 16 km southwest of Perm, within the 5th Air Army's zone, was subordinated directly to the Air Forces HQ in Moscow.
In addition to the Kant airbase established in 2003, possibly another air base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, was subordinate to the 5th A VVS i PVO.
From July 2007 to its disbandment, the commander of the 5th Army was Lieutenant General Mikhail Kucheryavy.