Borisoglebsk (air base)

Borisoglebsk (air base)

"For the airport in Kazan see Kazan Borisoglebskoye." Infobox Airport
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type = Military
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operator = Russian Air Force
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location = Borisoglebsk
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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) cite web| title = 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK | publisher = Brinkster.com | url = http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm ] and 25 MiG-29E in the early 1990s through at least 2003 .
* 1080 UATPLS (1080th Helicopter Transport Training and Retraining Center) flying Mi-8 helicopters.

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