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Sitalçay
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| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Khizi |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,234 |
| Time zone | AZT (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (UTC+5) |
Sitalçay (also, Sitalchay) is a village and municipality in the Khizi Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,234.
The Sitalchay air base was the location of the first Soviet Air Forces Sukhoi Su-25 unit. The first eleven production aircraft were assigned to Sitalchay and the 80th or 60th Separate Assault Aviation Regiment in April 1981.[1] In June 1981 the 200th Separate Assault Aviation Squadron was formed at Sitalchay and then deployed to Afghanistan. In the late 1980s and early 1990s it became a base for a regiment of Sukhoi Su-25s of the 34th Air Army of the Soviet Air Forces. In August 1992, despite the provisions of the Tashkent Treaty which directed an orderly transfer of ex-Soviet forces to the republics, Azeri troops seized the entire regiment and its aircraft.[2]
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