Totskoye (air base)


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.

Totskoye
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationTotskoye
Elevation AMSL295 ft / 90 m
Coordinates52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8,202 2,500 Concrete

The base was home to:

  • 281 IIAP (281st Instructor Interceptor Aviation Regiment) with 66 MiG-23 aircraft in 1991-94 [1]
  • 833 IAP (833rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 aircraft as of 1992).[2]

Totskoye now hosts:

  • 2881 BRV (2881st Reserve Helicopter Base) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.[3]

References
  1. "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
  2. "Russian Aviation Regiments 1941-". David R. Hames.
  3. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.



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