Michurinsk (air base)

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Michurinsk
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Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Michurinsk
Elevation AMSL 538 ft (164 m)
Coordinates 52°55′6″N, 040°21′54″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 7218 2200 Concrete

Michurinsk (also given as Michurinsk Northwest, and Kozlov (before 1932)) is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk. It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield. Google Earth high-resolution imagery indicates this base is active, with 100 trainer aircraft on the field, a few of which appeared to be taxiing.

The training unit at Michurinsk is 644 UAP (644th Aviation Training Regiment) equipped with 108 Aero L-29 Delfin aircraft listed as of the early 1990s [1]. It has also been equipped recently with Su-24, Su-25, and MiG-29 aircraft [2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK. Brinkster.com.
  2. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc. 
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