Stryi (air base)

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Stryi
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Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		unknown
Serves		Stryi
Elevation AMSL		1024 ft (312 m)
Coordinates		49°14′36″N, 023°47′12″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	9842	3000	Concrete

Stryi (also given as Stryy or Stry'y) is an air base in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine located 4 km southwest of Stryi. It is a large base with 6 km of parking area taxiways and numerous revetments.

Units that have been stationed at Stryy include:

• 179 IAP (179th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 43 MiG-23MLD aircraft at the end of the Cold War^[1]. This regiment was under 8 OA (8th Air Army, Soviet Air Defence Force).
• 260 TBAP (260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-16 and later 20 Tupolev Tu-22M3 aircraft at the end of the Cold War.

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