Domna

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Domna
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Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Chita
Elevation AMSL 2280 ft (695 m)
Coordinates 51°55′0″N, 113°7′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8202 2500 Concrete

Domna is a Russian Air Force base in Chita, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.

Units stationed at Domna include:

  • 733 BAP (733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft in the early 1990s.
  • 120 BAP (120th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 aircraft in the 1990s through 2000s [1].
  • 125 Gv ORAP (125th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3R in the late 1980s and as many as 26 Su-24MR aircraft around 1990.
  • 114 BAP (114th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft; decommissioned around 1992.

Domna means "blast furnace" in Russian.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc. 
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