Borisovsky Khotilovo

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Borisovsky Khotilovo
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Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Bologoye
Elevation AMSL 591 ft (180 m)
Coordinates 57°39′18″N, 034°6′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
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08/20 8202 2500 Concrete

Borisovsky Khotilovo (also given as Borisovskiy, Borisovsky, and Khatilovo) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 24 km south of Bologoye. It is a fighter base with 3 groups of fan revetments. On 1 June 2005 a MiG-31 based here crash-landed here; the crew was only injured.

It is home to 790 IAP (790th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 38 MiG-25 aircraft during the Cold War and MiG-31s through the 1990s [1] [2].


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[edit] References

  1. ^ Aviatsiya PVO. Aviabaza KPOI.
  2. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.