In military literature there are many different abbreviations. Each of them hides either weapons, or military equipment, or a certain type or type of army. Army pilots from foreign countries have special respect for the Russian abbreviation for air defense, which stands for "air defense."
Air defense - air shield of the country
The country's air defense is a separate type of armed support in the framework of measures to protect the state from air attacks. The first units designed to combat the air threat were created in Russia before the revolution, back in 1914. Equipped with light guns and machine-gun mounts, these formations successfully opposed German airplanes.
But the Great Patriotic War became a real test of the readiness of the air defense system for the country's defense. During air battles on the approaches to Moscow and Leningrad, Soviet anti-aircraft gunners inflicted significant damage to fascist aircraft. Over the entire war period, air defense units destroyed or disabled more than seven thousand enemy aircraft.
The importance of air defense for the state is so great that a special holiday has been established in the country - Air Defense Forces Day, which, according to tradition, is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of April. The time for the holiday date is not random. It was in April that the most important decisions were made regarding the organization of this kind of troops, their formation and development.
