Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan da aka ci sojojin Jamus a
Kursk, yawancin rukunin da ke cikin iska sun shiga cikin bin sojojin Jamus zuwa Kogin Dnepr. Ko da yake rundunonin sojan sama goma sun yi yaƙi a gaba, an kafa sabbin rundunonin sojan sama a yankunan baya. A watan Afrilu da Mayu na 1943, an kafa brigades ashirin kuma an horar da su don ayyukan da za a yi a gaba. Yawancin waɗannan brigades sun zama sabbin masu gadi guda shida (11th zuwa 16th) a watan Satumbar 1943. "Stavka" duk da haka, ya keɓe uku daga cikin waɗannan brigades na iska don amfani da su a cikin aikin iska don ƙetare Kogin Dnepr, wanda bai yi nasara ba.