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Totskoye (air base)

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
295 ft / 90 m

2,500
  
Concrete

Operator
  
Russian Air Force

Location
  
Totskoye

8,202
  
2,500

Elevation
  
90 m


Totskoye (also Totskoe) is an air base in Russia located four kilometres southeast of Totskoye. It is a standard military air base with small number of revetments in separate area. There were 56 stored helicopters and five operational helicopters according to Google Earth high-resolution imagery made in 2003. Google Earth images from 29-08-2012 however shows an abandoned airfield.

The base was home to:

  • 281 IIAP (281st Instructor Interceptor Aviation Regiment) with 66 MiG-23 aircraft in 1991-94
  • 833 IAP (833rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 aircraft as of 1992).

    • Totskoye now hosts:

  • 2881 BRV (2881st Reserve Helicopter Base) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.

    • References

    Totskoye (air base) Wikipedia
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