Borisoglebsk (air base)

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For the airport in Kazan see Kazan Borisoglebskoye.
Borisoglebsk
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Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Borisoglebsk
Elevation AMSL 390 ft (119 m)
Coordinates 51°22′0″N, 042°10′42″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8202 2500 Concrete

Borisoglebsk (also Borisoglebsk East) is an air base in Russia located 6 km east of Borisoglebsk. It is a small military airfield. Google Earth high-resolution satellite imagery accessed in 2006 showed numerous Aero L-39 ALBATROSS trainer aircraft, Su-25 FROGFOOT and two Su-24 FENCER aircraft.

Borisoglebsk was home to:

  • 160 IIAP (160th Instructional Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with 60 MiG-21 aircraft in 1991) [1] and 25 MiG-29E in the early 1990s through at least 2003 [1].
  • 1080 UATPLS (1080th Helicopter Transport Training and Retraining Center) flying Mi-8 helicopters.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK. Brinkster.com.


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