The book is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Russian Air Force. It examines the main stages of the development of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces, which became in the late 1990s. a single type of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Rich archival materials and facts from other sources make it possible to take a broader look at the process of formation, development and improvement of the organizational structure of the domestic air force and their technical equipment in the historical period from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century.