Donskoye (air base)

Donskoye (also Bryusterort or Donskoe) is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 1 km east of Donskoye.

Donskoye
Donskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia
Donskoye is located in Kaliningrad Oblast
Donskoye
Donskoye
Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast
Donskoye is located in Russia
Donskoye
Donskoye
Donskoye (Russia)
Coordinates54°56′12″N 019°59′6″E
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled byBaltic Fleet
Site history
Built1945 (1945)
In use1945 - present
Airfield information
Elevation50 metres (164 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
02/20 500 metres (1,640 ft) Concrete

The base is home to the 72nd Guards Aviation Base.[1]

It probably dates back to World War II, and is located nearly at Russia's most extreme western point. The facility contains 25 aircraft pads. Its original length was 2000m, but only 500m remains. Its pads are occupied by a number of helicopters.

The base was used by the:

  • 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1947.[2]
  • 68th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1947.[3]
  • 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment during 1945.[4]

Units stationed at Donskoye in the early 1990s included 396 OKPLVP (396th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment) flying 22 Kamov Ka-27 (ASCC: Helix) helicopters; and 745 OPLVP (745th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment), which joined in 1958,[5] flying 15 Mil Mi-14 (ASCC: Haze) helicopters [6] and 5 Kamov Ka-25 (ASCC: Hormone) helicopters.

References
  1. "Russian Naval Aviation - Donskoye ( )". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. "28th Guards Leningradskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "68th Guards Klaypedskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. "72nd Guards Polotskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. "745th independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. "Aviatsiya VMF". Aviabaza KPOI.
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