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Totskoye
Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast in Russia
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Coordinates52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E / 52.50167°N 52.78000°E / 52.50167; 52.78000
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Air Force
Site history
In use1976 - present?
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: XWOT
Elevation90 metres (295 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
09/27 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Totskoye (also Totskoe) is an air base in Russia located four kilometres southeast of Totskoye. It is a standard military air base with small number of revetments in a separate area.

In 1976 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was established at the base. It was redesignated the 281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (281 IIAP) in 1989.

In mid-May 1992 the 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (833 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft relocated from Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany . It had been stationed in Juterbog since October 1953. It was quickly disbanded.

In 1994 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, then with a reported 66 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft, was disbanded.

Totskoye now hosts the 2881st Reserve Helicopter Base (2881 BRV) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.

There were 56 stored helicopters and five operational helicopters according to Google Earth high-resolution imagery made in 2003. Google Earth images from 29-08-2012 however shows an abandoned airfield.

References

  1. "Russian Aviation Regiments 1941-". David R. Hames.
  2. http://www.ww2.dk/new/
  3. "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
  4. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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