Buturlinovka is a military

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of the

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Buturlinovsky District Buturlinovsky District (russian: Бутурли́новский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #87-OZ and municipalLaw #63-ZO district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Voronezh Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. ...

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ...

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. It is located south of the town of

Buturlinovka Buturlinovka (russian: Бутурли́новка) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, on the Ossered River, a tributary of the Don. It serves as the administrative center of Buturlinovsky District. Its population as of 2021 was 24,397. Histo ...

, and features housing for around one dozen fighter aircraft.

History

Historically, Buturlinovka housed the 186th Instructional Shturmovik Aviation Regiment operating 45

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jet aircraft were stationed there during the early 1990s, and later became home to the 899th Orshansky Guards Assault Aviation Regiment of the

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operating Su-25s until the unit disbanded on 1 December 2009, after which the airbase was left vacant. 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

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's stationed at

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were temporarily based at Buturlinovka for a year due to runway repairs. From December 2013, the airfield temporarily accommodated the 47th Voronezh Mixed Aviation Regiment from

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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

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such as the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment which deployed to

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from their home base at

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