Pryluky (air base)
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| Priluki | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Pryluky | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 449 ft (137 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 9842 | 3000 | Concrete | |
Pryluky (also given as Priluki) is an air base in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine located 6 km west of Pryluky. This airfield was Ukraine's primary Tupolev Tu-160 bomber base (with Uzyn having the nation's Tupolev Tu-95 fleet). There are revetments for 20 large aircraft.
Pryluky accepted USSR's first Tu-160 (Blackjack) in April 1987, building its fleet up to 19 by 1994. Between October 1999 and February 2000 Ukraine turned over 8 Tu-160 bombers to Russia to pay off energy debts; these are now at Russia's Engels-2 air base.
Units stationed at Pryluky include:
- 184 GV TBAP (184th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-16 aircraft beginning in 1955, then acquiring the Tupolev Tu-22M4 in 1984 and the Tu-160 from 1987 until 2000[1]. It also flew the Tu-134UBL trainer [1].
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