Buturlinovka (air base)

Buturlinovka
Buturlinovka
Buturlinovsky District, Voronezh Oblast in Russia
	Buturlinovka Shown within Voronezh Oblast Buturlinovka Buturlinovka (Russia)
Coordinates	50°47′30″N 040°36′40″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Controlled by	6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Site history
In use	-present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UUOI
Elevation	154 metres (505 ft) AMSL
Runways
11/29	2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Buturlinovka is a military air base of the Russian Air Force in Buturlinovsky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) south of the town of Buturlinovka, and features housing for around one dozen fighter aircraft.

History

Historically, Buturlinovka housed the 186th Instructional Shturmovik Aviation Regiment operating 45 Sukhoi Su-25 jet aircraft were stationed there during the early 1990s, and later became home to the 899th Orshansky Guards Assault Aviation Regiment of the 16th Air Army operating Su-25s until the unit disbanded on 1 December 2009, after which the airbase was left vacant.[1][2][3] It remained an air commandant's office until June 2014, when it was announced that the 899th Orshansky Guards would be re-established by 2017.

During 2011, the Mikoyan MiG-29's stationed at Kursk Vostochny Airport were temporarily based at Buturlinovka for a year due to runway repairs.[4] From December 2013, the airfield temporarily accommodated the 47th Voronezh Mixed Aviation Regiment from Voronezh Malshevo during the repair of the runway.

From April 2022 some Russian military aircraft deployed to bases in Belarus moved to this base as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine such as the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment which deployed to Lida (air base) from their home base at Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport.[5]

References

"37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
Butowski, International Air Power Review, Vol 13, 2004
Аэродром Бутурлиновка [Buturlinovka Air Base] (in Russian). 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2022. p. 33.

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[ADD-1] "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.

[AirPower-2] Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

[3] Butowski, International Air Power Review, Vol 13, 2004

[4] Аэродром Бутурлиновка [Buturlinovka Air Base] (in Russian). 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

[AFMDEC22-33-5] AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2022. p. 33.