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 | |||||||
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| Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast in Russia | |||||||
  Totskoye Shown within Orenburg Oblast  Totskoye Totskoye (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | 1991 - present? | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XWOT | ||||||
| Elevation | 90 metres (295 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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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:
References
- "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
- "Russian Aviation Regiments 1941-". David R. Hames.
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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