Lebyazhye (air base)

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type = Military
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operator = Russian Air Force
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location = Kamyshin
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elevation-m = 116
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r1-length-m = 2500
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Lebyazhye (also given as Kamyshin Northwest, Lebyazh'ye, Gromovo, Kotly, and Mikhailovka) is an air base in Russia located 18 km northwest of Kamyshin and 170 km north of Volgograd. The base has an unusually wide runway and large tarmac space.

The airfield is home to the 1st Guards Instructional Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (1 Gv IAPIB) flying MiG-23, MiG-27K, and Su-24 aircraft in the mid-1990s cite book| title = MiG-23/27 Flogger: Soviet Swing-Wing Fighter/Strike Aircraft | last = Gordon | first = Yefim | publisher = Midland | date = 2005 | id = 185780211X ] . The 1 Gv IAPIB used to fall under the 1080 UATs PLS (1080th Training) unit . However, according to Air Forces Monthly in July 2007, it is now a direct reporting units to Russian Air Force headquarters.

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