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Borisovsky Khotilovo (air base)

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Airport type
  
Military

Location
  
Bologoye

02/20
  
8,202

Elevation
  
180 m

Operator
  
Russian Air Force

Elevation AMSL
  
591 ft / 180 m

8,202
  
2,500

Owner
  
Ministry of Defence

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Borisovsky Khotilovo (also given as Borisovskiy, Borisovsky, and Khatilovo) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 24 km south of the town of Bologoye. It is a fighter base with 3 groups of fan revetments. On 1 June 2005 a MiG-31 based here crash-landed here; the crew was only injured.

Station history

It is home to 790 IAP (790th Fighter Order of Kutuzov Aviation Regiment) flying 38 MiG-25 aircraft during the Cold War and MiG-31s through the 1990s. As of February 2014, the base is closed for runway 02/20 reconstruction.

References

Borisovsky Khotilovo (air base) Wikipedia