Dorokhovo
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| Dorokhovo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Bezhetsk | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 469 ft (143 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8202 | 2500 | Concrete | |
Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It is a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.
It was home to 611 IAP (611th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 39 Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s [1]. It also had MiG-31 aircraft [2].
[edit] References
- ^ Aviatsiya PVO. Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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