Kurdamir Air Base is a
military airbase
An air base (sometimes referred to as a military air base, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base) is an aerodrome used as a military base by a military force for the operation ...
in
Kurdamir
Kurdamir ( az, Kürdəmir) is a city and the capital of the Kurdamir District of Azerbaijan. It is located in Aran Economic Region.
Geography
The district shares borders with Agsu, Goychay, Ujar, Imishli, Sabirabad, Hajigabul and Zardab ...
(also known as Kyurdamir or Kürdəmir), the capital of the
Kurdamir District
Kurdamir district ( az, Kürdəmir rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the centre of the country and belongs to the Central Aran Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Zardab, Ujar, Goychay, Ismayi ...
(''
rayon'') in
Azerbaijan
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.
At the end of the 1980s the 976 Bomber Aviation Regiment Инстербургский flying
Sukhoi Su-24 and
Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft was based at Kurdamir.
The regiment, which was descended from the 976th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the World War II period, was part of the
34th Air Army
The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the Soviet Union. It was disbanded by being redesignated as a Grou ...
of the
Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
.
See also
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List of airports in Azerbaijan
This is a list of airports in Azerbaijan, grouped by type and sorted by location.
Azerbaijan, formally the Republic of Azerbaijan ( az, Azərbaycan Respublikası), is a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is bounded by the Caspian Sea ...
References
Airports in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani Air Force bases
Kurdamir District
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