Horodok (air base)

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Horodok
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Summary
Airport type military
Operator Ukrainian Air Force
Serves Horodok
Elevation AMSL 896 ft (273 m)
Coordinates 49°44′18″N, 023°40′6″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 8202 2500 Concrete

Horodok (also given as Gorodok, Cherlyany, and Cherlyane) is an air base in Ukraine located 5 km southeast of Horodok. It is a fighter base with reveted areas, 26 km southwest of Lviv.

During the 1970s or early 1980s it hosted a regiment of Su-24 (Fencer) aircraft [1].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mason, R. A. (1986). Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. Jane's Publishing Company Limited. 0710603738.