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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Smolensk | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 820 ft / 250 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°49′30″N 032°1′30″E / 54.82500°N 32.02500°E / 54.82500; 32.02500 | ||||||||||
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Smolensk Military (also Smolensk) is an air base in Smolensk Oblast, Russia located 4 km north of Smolensk. It is a small mixed-use airfield with a remote revetment area with 8 pads and a Yakovlev factory at the southeast side of the airfield. It has 28 based Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft.
During the Cold War it was home to the 401 IAP (401st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft, which disbanded around 1990 with its MiG-23Ps assigned to 412 IAP at Dombarovsky. It has also been home to 871 IAP (871st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 and Su-27 aircraft in 1994, then MiG-29 aircraft in 2003. Airlift services are provided by 103 Gv VTAP (103rd Guards Military Air Transport Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76 jets.
References
- "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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