 In 1949 the 76th Air Army became the district's Soviet Air Forces component, after the 13th Air Army was redesignated.General-Colonel of Aviation Fedor Polynin was the first commander of the 76th Air Army.Apart from a brief period when the air army was redesignated the Air Forces of the Leningrad Military District from 1980 to 1988, the 76th Air Army would be active in the region until 1998.