Klokovo (russian: Клоково) is an air base in
Russia
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on north fringe of
Tula
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Antarctica
*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
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Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
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. It has been home to 374 OVTAP (374th Independent Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...
(NATO: Candid) and
Antonov An-22 (NATO: Cock) large cargo planes, of the 12th Mginskaya Krasnoznamennaya military-transport aircraft division.
A scholastic regiment of Tambov military aircraft school (
Aero L-29 Delfín (NATO: Maya)) was based there. The runway was used by the military together with a civil airport, which closed in 1992.
The base was used by the 374th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment between 1946 and 1975 and is currently home to the 490th Independent Helicopter Regiment.
References
Soviet Air Force bases
Soviet Frontal Aviation
Soviet Military Transport Aviation
Russian Air Force bases
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