Dzhida (Russian: Джида) is a former military air base of the Russian Air Force in Dzhidinsky District, Buryatia, Russia. It was located in the town of Dzhida, and featured a large fighter base with small revetment groups dispersed around the airfield.
| Dzhida Elaegnus  | |||||||||
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| Dzhida, Buryatia in Russia | |||||||||
 Satellite imagery of the former Dzhida air base | |||||||||
.svg)  Dzhida Shown within Buryatia  Dzhida Dzhida (Russia) | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°41′0″N 106°8′0″E / 50.68333°N 106.13333°E | ||||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1968 | ||||||||
| In use | 1968 - 2011 | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UIID | ||||||||
| Elevation | 600 metres (1,969 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Dzhida has been home to:
- 2 Gv BAP (2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-24M aircraft (1969 - 2010).[1][2]
- 21 BAP (21st Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 (1969 - 1983).[3]
The airfield's name has sometimes erroneously appeared as Eleagnus, the Russian form of the Latin name for the plant Elaeagnus, known as dzhida in Russian. The name Dzhida is not derived from the Elaeagnus plant, but from the Buryat language term ƶede, meaning copper.
References
edit- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ "2nd Guards Orshanskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "21st Vitebskiy Red Banner order of Kutuzov Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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