Borisoglebsk (air base)
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- For the airport in Kazan see Kazan Borisoglebskoye.
| Borisoglebsk | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Borisoglebsk | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 390 ft (119 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8202 | 2500 | Concrete | |
Borisoglebsk (also Borisoglebsk East) is an air base in Russia located 6 km east of Borisoglebsk. It is a small military airfield. Google Earth high-resolution satellite imagery accessed in 2006 showed numerous Aero L-39 ALBATROSS trainer aircraft, Su-25 FROGFOOT and two Su-24 FENCER aircraft.
Borisoglebsk was home to:
- 160 IIAP (160th Instructional Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with 60 MiG-21 aircraft in 1991) [1] and 25 MiG-29E in the early 1990s through at least 2003 [1].
- 1080 UATPLS (1080th Helicopter Transport Training and Retraining Center) flying Mi-8 helicopters.
[edit] References
- ^ a b 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK. Brinkster.com.
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