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
Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast in Russia
Totskoye is located in Orenburg Oblast
Totskoye
Totskoye
Shown within Orenburg Oblast
Totskoye is located in Russia
Totskoye
Totskoye
Totskoye (Russia)
Coordinates52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Air Force
Site history
In use1991 - present?
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: XWOT
Elevation90 metres (295 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
09/27 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

The base was home to:

  • 281 IIAP (281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment) with 66 MiG-23 aircraft in 1991-94 [1]
  • 833 IAP (833rd Fighter 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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