Kursk Vostochny Airport (russian: Аэропорт Курск-Восточный) , also known as Khalino, Kursk-Khalino, is an

interceptor aircraft An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are c ...

base in

Kursk Oblast Kursk Oblast ( rus, Курская область, r=Kurskaya oblast, p=ˈkurskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. As of the 2010 Census, Kursk Oblast has a populati ...

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, located 7 km east of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

. It is a medium-sized base 4 miles northeast of Kursk. Several alert pads, with civilian tarmac on the southern side of the airfield.

Station history

Khalino was home to: * 472 IAP (472nd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) from 4 October 1979 to 1998. Moved in from Orel, Orel Oblast, where it had been stationed from 1950 to 1979. Equipped with

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union. It is a third-generati ...

P (NATO: Flogger) or S from 1979. Disbanded 1 May 1998. The 472nd IAP PVO was Military Unit No.61364. * 14 IAP (14th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the MiG ...

(SMT/UBT) (NATO: Fulcrum) aircraft, having been relocated from

Zherdevka (air base) Zherdevka (also Zerdevka) is a disused interceptor aircraft air base in Russia located east of Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast. It was home to the 14th Guards Leningrad Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment (14th Guards IAP) which ...

. It is currently home to: * 14th Guards IAP (14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment) of the 105th Guards Composite Aviation Division flying the

Sukhoi Su-30 The Sukhoi Su-30 (russian: Сухой Су-30; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter ...

SM (NATO: Flanker-H). On 6 December 2022 the airport’s oil storage caught fire. The Kursk governor blamed the fire on a drone strike.

Airlines and destinations

Statistics

References

External links

Kursk Airport Official website
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Soviet Air Force bases Soviet Air Defence Force bases Russian Air Force bases Airports built in the Soviet Union Airports in Kursk Oblast {{Russia-mil-stub

Station history

Airlines and destinations

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