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Tambov air base

Coordinates: 52°42′10″N 41°22′25″E / 52.70278°N 41.37361°E / 52.70278; 41.37361
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Tambov
Tambov/Vostochniy
Тамбов/Восточный
Tambov, Tambov Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Tambov air base
Tu-134UB parked up[clarification needed]
Tambov is located in Tambov Oblast
Tambov
Tambov
Shown within Tambov Oblast
Tambov is located in Russia
Tambov
Tambov
Tambov (Russia)
Coordinates52°42′10″N 41°22′25″E / 52.70278°N 41.37361°E / 52.70278; 41.37361
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces
Controlled byLong-Range Aviation
Site history
Built1954 (1954)
In use1954 - present
Airfield information
Elevation169 metres (554 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
16/34 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Tambov is an air base in Russia located 4 km southwest of Tambov. It is a bomber training base with many Tupolev Tu-134UBL aircraft.

The base is home to the 27th Composite Aviation Regiment with the Antonov An-12 (ASCC: Cub), Antonov An-26 (ASCC: Curl) & Tupolev Tu-134UBL(UBSh) (ASCC: Crusty) which is part of the 43rd Guards Oryol Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Long-Range Aviation Flight Personnel.[1]

History

Yefim Gordon's MiG-23/27 book[2] refers to a 652 UAP (652nd Aviation Training Regiment) stationed at Tambov/Vostochnyy[when?] flying 96 Aero L-29 Delfín (ASCC: Maya).

Tambov used to be[when?] home to 4255 BRS flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (ASCC: Flogger) aircraft.[citation needed]

Tambov used to be[when?] the location of the 301st Aircraft Repair Factory (ARZ) which became the 3119th Aviation Base for the Storage and Disposal of Aviation Equipment in mid-2001.[3] Hundreds of fast jets may have been stored for disposal here at sometime in the past.[according to whom?]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Russian Air Force - Tambov/Vostochniy ( )". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. ^ Gordon, Yefim (2005). MiG-23/27 Flogger: Soviet Swing-Wing Fighter/Strike Aircraft. Midland. 185780211X.
  3. ^ "Решение АС Тамбовской области от 27.10.2020 № А64-8392/19". nalogcodex.ru. Retrieved 2023-10-06.