This List of Soviet

Air Force base 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 ...

s shows the state of the

Soviet Air Force 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 ...

and

Russian Air Force "Air March" , mascot = , anniversaries = 12 August , equipment = , equipment_label = , battles = , decorations = , batt ...

during the last decade of the Cold War to the mid-1990s. Dates shown indicate years during which units and

aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. ...

were known to be at that

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 ...

. If none is indicated, the date is unknown. In Russia the airbase naming convention seems to be to use the nearest village name, or in the case of a large city, use a numerical designator, i.e. Severomorsk-2. Quite often they are just referred to as, variously, "Tiksi aerodrome" and "Tiksi air base" (uncapitalized). This is also the convention that is used in declassified FOIA documents in the CIA archive website. Therefore, the construction 'X Air Base' or 'X Air Force Base' in regard to the USSR and Russian Federation appears to be incorrect. Air Bases of the Soviet Union

Forces in Germany

*Allstedt *

Berlin Schönefeld Airport Berlin Schönefeld Airport () (formerly ) was the secondary international airport of Berlin, the capital of Germany. It was located southeast of Berlin near the town of Schönefeld in the state of Brandenburg and bordered Berlin's southern bo ...

Brand-Briesen Airfield Brand-Briesen Airfield is a redeveloped military air base located at Briesen/Brand, part of Halbe in Dahme-Spreewald, Brandenburg, Germany, about south-southeast of Berlin. Since 2004, the former CargoLifter airship hangar has been converted by a ...

*Brandis *Damgarten (Pütnitz) * Dresden Airport *Falkenberg (Alt Lönnewitz) *Finsterwalde *Finow *Großenhain *

Jüterbog Airfield Jüterbog Airfield (also known as Altes Lager airfield) was a military air base located west of the town of Jüterbog, in Brandenburg, Germany. Nowadays paragliders and hang gliders start from Altes Lager. History Developed as part of the Nazi G ...

("Altes Lager") * Koethen 73rd Guards 'Stalingrad' Fighter Regiment (MiG-29), Shaykovka 1994. Former 296th Fighter Regiment;

Lydia Litvyak Lydia Vladimirovna Litvyak (russian: Лидия Владимировна Литвяк; 18 August 1921, in Moscow – 1 August 1943, in Krasnyi Luch), also known as Lilya, was a fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II. Historians ...

flew with this unit. *Lärz (Mirow) * Leipzig-Altenburg Airport * Magdeburg-Cochstedt Airport *Mahlwinkel *Merseburg *Neuruppin *Nohra * Alt Daber Airfield *Oranienburg *Parchim *

Sperenberg Airfield Sperenberg Airfield was a military air base located near the town of Sperenberg in Brandenburg, Germany. History The site in the forests was originally developed for the Prussian Army. It was used as a military laboratory and testing site, pa ...

*Stendal *Templin (Groß Dölln) *Tutow (Demmin) *Welzow (Neu Welzow) *Werneuchen * Wittstock Air Base *Zerbst

Forces in Czechoslovakia

* Hradčany Air Base (Ralsko) *

Milovice (Nymburk District) Milovice (; german: Milowitz) is a town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. In the 20th century, the history of the town was influenced by the presence of a military base. In ...

Airfield *

Sliač Airport Sliač Airport or, historically, ''Letisko Tri Duby'' (literally, "The Three Oaks Airport") is a military airport in central Slovakia situated between the towns of Zvolen and Banská Bystrica and near the spa town of Sliač. The airport has one ...

Forces in Poland and Hungary

4th Air Army Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

, Poland ** Kluczewo. 239th IAD HQ and 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (Su-27) **Kolobrzeg (Колобжег). 871st IAP (MiG-23), Smolensk 1994. **Krzywa. 3rd BAP (Su-24M) **Chojna (Хойна), Poland, 582nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (Su-27) **

Szprotawa Szprotawa (german: Sprottau) is a town in western Poland, in Żagań County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It has 11,820 inhabitants (2019). History The region was part of Poland after the emergence of the Piast monarchy in the 10th century. The first m ...

. 149 BAD HQ and 89th BAP (Su-24) **

Żagań Żagań (French and german: Sagan, hsb, Zahań , la, Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Ziel ...

. 42nd Guards BAP (Su-24M) *36th Air Army, Hungary: 14th Guards Fighter Regiment (MiG-29) Kiskunlacháza, 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment Kunmadaras, 515th Fighter Aviation Regiment Tököl, 396th Guards Helicopter Regiment Kalocsa, 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment Sármellék

Belorussian SSR

*Air Force (VVS) **

26th Air Army The 26th Air Army was an Air army of the Soviet Air Forces active from 1949 to 1980, and then 1988-1992. It was formed by redesignation of the 1st Air Army in February 1949 (in accordance with a decree of 10 January 1949, ГШ ВС СССР No ...

of the

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(HQ Minsk) *** Lipki near Minsk: 50th OSAP (21 Mi-8, 2 Mi-24P) arrived in 1989 from Bagram, Afghanistan. To

Belarusian Air Force The Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus ( be, Ваенна-паветраныя сілы і войскі супрацьпаветранай абароны Рэспублікі Беларусь, Vajenna-pavietranyja sily i ...

1992. ***Stepyanka: 56th OPSAU, a command and control center. To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and became 56th OPS. ***

Bobrovichi Bobrovichi is an air base in Belarus located 16 km northeast of Kalinovichi. It is a large airfield with two large tarmacs on either side, and two alert revetments holding about 10 fighters each. It was home to 953 BAP (953rd Bomber Avia ...

: 953rd BAP (30 Su-24), to Russian Air Force, relocated to Kamenka, Penza Oblast in 1994 ***

Shchuchin Shchuchyn and Ščučyn ( be, Шчучын, Ščučyn, ; russian: Щýчин, ; pl, Szczuczyn Litewski; lt, Šukynas; Yiddish: שטשוטשין, Shtshutshin) is a city in the Grodno Region of Belarus. It is the center of Shchuchyn District. Th ...

: 151st OAP REB (27 MiG-25, 20 Yak-28) arrived in 1989 from Brzeg, Poland, to Belarusian Air Force and disbanded 1992, 10th ORAP (32 MiG-25, 6 Su-24, 14 MiG-21) to Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reduced to 3rd Squadron of 116th Guards Assault Aviation Base 1994 ***Kobrin: 397th OShAP (32 Su-25) and 302nd OVE REB (13 Mi-8) ***

Lida Lida ( be, Лі́да ; russian: Ли́да ; lt, Lyda; lv, Ļida; pl, Lida ; yi, לידע, Lyde) is a city 168 km (104 mi) west of Minsk in western Belarus in Grodno Region. Etymology The name ''Lida'' arises from its Lithuan ...

: HQ

1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division The 1st Guards Stalingrad Composite Aviation Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская бомбардировочная Сталинградская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознаменная орденов Суво ...

and 497th BAP (29 Su-24) to Russian Air Force ***Ros: 116th Guards BAP (30 Su-24) arrived in 1989 from

Brand A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's good or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create a ...

, East Germany, to Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 116th Guards Assault Aviation Base ***Postavy: 305th BAP (30 Su-24) to Russian Air Force and withdrawn to

Yeysk Yeysk (russian: Ейск) is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is built primarily on the Yeysk Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azov ...

1993, 378th OShAP (32 Su-25) arrived from Bagram, Afghanistan 1989, to Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 378th Aviation Base 1993 before disbandment 1995. ***Bereza- Osovcy: 927th IAP (equipped with 51 MiG-29, 4 MiG-21) to Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 927th Fighter Aviation Base. ***

Pruzhany Pruzhany ( be, Пружа́ны, ; russian: Пружаны, pl, Prużana, yi, פרוזשענע, Pruzhene) is a town in Brest Voblast, Belarus. Pruzhany is the center of the district in Brest Region, Belarus. Its population is about 18,500 people ...

: 206th OShAP (29 Su-25, 7 L-39), to Belarusian Air Force 1992, relocated to Lida and reorganized as 206th Assault Aviation Base **

Military Transport Aviation Military Transport Aviation Command is part of the Russian Air Force. Military Transport Aviation Command (russian: Кома́ндование вое́нно-тра́нспортной авиа́ции (ВТА) — '' Komandovaniye voyenno-transp ...

(VTA) ***

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

: 339th VTAP (Il-76), to Belarusian Air Force 1992 and disbanded 1996 *PVO **

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of the PVO, HQ Minsk ***

Baranovichi Baranavichy ( ; be, Бара́навічы, Łacinka: , ; russian: Бара́новичи; yi, באַראַנאָוויטש; pl, Baranowicze) is a city in the Brest Region of western Belarus, with a population (as of 2019) of 179,000. It is n ...

(Brest) 2nd Air Defence Army (11th Air Defence Corps), 61 IAP. 13 MiG-25, 25 MiG-23 *** Machulishchi (Minsk) 2nd PVO Army, 201 IAP. 38 MiG-23. **Moscow District PVO ***

Krichev Krychaw or Krichev ( be, Кры́чаў, Łacinka: Kryčaŭ, ; russian: Кричев, , pl, Krzyczew) is a city in the eastern Belarusian Mogilev Region. Krychaw is the administrative center of Krychaw District. As of 2009, its population was 27 ...

. 28 IAP. 38 MiG-25.

Moscow District of the PVO

Andreapol Andreapol (russian: Андреа́поль) is a town and the administrative center of Andreapolsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located on the Valdai Hills on the left bank in the upper course of the Western Dvina. Population: 12,000 (19 ...

(Tver). 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, Moscow District (MO) PVO, 38 MiG-23. * Vyaz'ma. MO PVO, 45 IAP. MiG-23P. Not listed by Holm. * Morshansk (Tambovo). 153rd Fighter Regiment, MO PVO, 18 MiG-31, 4 MiG-25. (1994; only MiG-31s) * Yefremov (Tula). MO PVO, 191 IAP. 38 MiG-23. *

Smolensk Smolensk ( rus, Смоленск, p=smɐˈlʲensk, a=smolensk_ru.ogg) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, west-southwest of Moscow. First mentioned in 863, it is one of the oldest ...

. MO PVO, 401 IAP. MiG-23P. *

Tunoshna Yaroslavl (Tunoshna) International Airport (Tunoshna - also Tunoshnoye, or Tunoschna) (russian: Международный аэропорт Ярославль (Ту́ношна)) is an airport in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 18 km sout ...

(Yaroslavl). MO PVO, 415 IAP. 38 MiG-23. (still present 1994) * Khalino (Kursk). MO PVO, 472 IAP. 38 MiG-23, still present 1994. * Bezhetsk/Dorokhovo (Tver). MO PVO, 611 IAP. 39 Su-15, Su-27 1994. *

Pravdinsk Pravdinsk (, prior to 1946 known by its German name, ', pl, Frydląd, lt, Romuva), is a town and the administrative center of Pravdinsky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. It is on the Lava River and is east of Bagrationovsk and southe ...

(Nizhiy-Novgorod). MO PVO. 786th Fighter Regiment (5 MiG-25, 31 MiG-31), 1994. * Borisovsky/Khotilovo (Tver). MO PVO, 790 IAP. 38 MiG-25. * Stupino (Moscow). MO PVO, 436th Separate Transport Regiment (436 OTAP) Mi-8.

Air Forces of the
Moscow Military District The Order of Lenin Moscow Military District was a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The district was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1968. In 2010 it was merged with the Leningrad Military ...

Source Feskov ''et al.'' 2004, p. 145 *

Shatalovo Shatalovo (russian: Шаталово) is the name of several rural localities in Russia: * Shatalovo, Pskov Oblast, a village in Pustoshkinsky District of Pskov Oblast * Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast, a village in Shatalovskoye Rural Settlement of ...

. 1046th Training Center (MiG-25, Su-17, Su-24), 1994. 164th Separate Guard Reconnaissance Regiment (MiG-25, Su-24), 1994. *

Kubinka Kubinka (russian: Ку́бинка) is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Setun River, west of Moscow. Population: __TOC__ History Kubinka, founded in the 15th century, may have been named after Prince , ...

. 9th Fighter Aviation Division (Kubinka) **Shatalovo. 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-23MLD) **Kubinka. 234th Guards Fighter Regiment (MiG-29). **

Migalovo Migalovo (also given as Tver Migalovo, Kalinin) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 10 km west of Tver. It is a large military airlift base. It currently houses all of Russia's remaining Antonov An-22 fleet. It is an Ilyushin Il-76 ...

. 274th Assault Aviation Regiment (Su-17), 1994. * Sennoy (Bagay-Baranovka). 343rd Fighter Training Regiment (MiG-23, MiG-29), 1994. Other units in the Moscow Military District (Vasquez) *

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 ...

. 186th Attack Training Regiment (Su-25), 1994. *

Tambov Tambov (, ; rus, Тамбов, p=tɐmˈbof) is a city and the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, central Russia, at the confluence of the Tsna and Studenets Rivers, about south-southeast of Moscow. Population: 280,161 ( 2010 Census); 293 ...

. 4255th Reserve Aircraft Depot. Air Forces Training Centres * Savasleyka (Savostleyka). 148th Combat and Type Training Center (Su-27, MiG-31, Mi-8), 1994. 54th Fighter Regiment (Su-27), arrived c.1994 (disbanded 2005–7). *

Borisoglebsk Borisoglebsk (russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,000 (1969). History Borisoglebsk was founded in 1 ...

. 160th Fighter Training Regiment (MiG-21, MiG-29), 1994. *

Totskoye Totskoye (russian: То́цкое) is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Totsky District of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. Population: During World War I, it was the site of a prisoner-of-war camp that became notoriou ...

. 281st Fighter Training Regiment (MiG-23), 1994. (Volga Military District)

6th Army of the PVO

* Vainode (Latvia). 6th PVO Army, 54 IAP. 38 Su-27. *

Lodeynoye Pole Lodeynoye Pole (russian: Лоде́йное По́ле, lit. ''the field of boats'') is a town and the administrative center of Lodeynopolsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Svir River (Lake Ladoga's basin) ...

(Leningrad). 6 PVO,

177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO The 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (; Military Unit Number 10232) was a fighter regiment of the Soviet Air Defense Forces (; PVO) during World War II and the Cold War, later becoming part of the Russian Air Defense Forces and finally the ...

. 38 MiG-23. (Still active in 2006 flying Su-27s) * Gromovo (Sakkola) (Leningrad). 31 MiG-31. (Active until 2002,

180th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO The 180th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (180th Guards IAP) was a military unit of the Red Army Air Force, which took part in the fighting of the Great Patriotic War, and then became part of the Russian Air Defence Forces and finally the Russian ...

now disbanded) *

Pärnu Airport Pärnu Airport ( et, Pärnu lennujaam, ) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated northwest of Pärnu. Overview In October 1937, the Pärnu town council designated an area of for the building of an airport. Operations at the new airp ...

(Estonia). 6 PVO, 366 IAP & 655 IAP. MiG-23, 42 MiG-23. *

Tallinn Airport Tallinn Airport ( et, Tallinna lennujaam, ) or Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport ( et, Lennart Meri Tallinna lennujaam) is the largest airport in Estonia, which serves as a hub for the national airline Nordica, as well as the secondary hub for Air ...

(Estonia). 6 PVO, 384 IAP. MiG-23. *

Haapsalu Haapsalu () is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2020 it had a population of 9,375. Description Haapsalu has been well known for centuries for its ...

(Estonia). 6 PVO, 425 IAP. 38 MiG-23. *

Tapa Tapa, TAPA, Tapas or Tapasya may refer to: Media *Tapas (website), a webtoon site, formerly known as Tapastic * ''Tapas'' (film), a 2005 Spanish film * ''Tapasya'' (1976 film), an Indian Hindi-language film * ''Tapasya'' (1992 film), a Nepalese f ...

(Estonia). 6 PVO, 656 IAP. 38 MiG-23. * Nivenskoye-Yezau (Kaliningrad). 6 PVO, 689 IAP. 36 Su-27.

Leningrad Military District The Leningrad Military District was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Moscow Military District, the Northern Fleet and the Baltic Fleet to form the new Western Military District. H ...

Siversky Siversky (russian: Си́верский) is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, on the bank of the Oredezh River. Its population was The banks ...

. 67th Bomber Regiment (Su-24), 1994. *

Monchegorsk Monchegorsk (russian: Мончего́рск) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 52,242 ( 2002 Census); 68,652 ( 1989 Census). Name T ...

. 98th Separate Reconnaissance Regiment (MiG-25, Su-17), 1994. * Smuravyevo-G'dov. 722nd Bomber Regiment (Su-24), 1994. * Nurmalitsy. Independent helicopter squadron of

6th Combined Arms Army The 6th Army is a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Army that was active with the Russian Ground Forces until 1998. It appears to have been reformed in 2010 as the 6th Combined Arms Army. It was first formed in August, 1939 in the Kiev ...

* Salmi

10th PVO Army,
Arctic The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada ( Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm ( Greenland), Finland, Iceland ...

Source Feskov ''et al.'' 2004 and Vasquez *

Norilsk Norilsk ( rus, Нори́льск, p=nɐˈrʲilʲsk, ''Norílʹsk'') is a closed city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located south of the western Taymyr Peninsula, around 90 km east of the Yenisey River and 1,500 km north of Krasnoyarsk. Norils ...

(Krasnoyarskiy Kray). 10 PVO, 57 IAP. Su-15. ( Alykel Airport) * Amderma (Novaya Zemlya). 72nd Fighter Regiment (MiG-31), 1994. 10 PVO, 74 IAP. 31 MiG-31. *

(Murmansk). 10 PVO, 174 IAP. 29 MiG-31, 6 MiG-25. * Topoduzheme (Karelia). 10 PVO, 265 IAP. 39 Su-15.(Vasquez) * Poduzhemye (Kem). 265th Fighter Regiment (Su-27), 1994. (Vasquez & Feskov) * Afrikanda (Murmansk). 431st Fighter Regiment (Su-27), 1994. 10 PVO, 431 IAP & 470 IAP. 39 Su-15, Su-27. *

Savatiya Savatiya (also Kotlas South, Savati, or Savvatiya) is an air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 29 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445 IAP (445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) between 1967 a ...

(

Kotlas Kotlas (russian: Ко́тлас) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of population (after ...

) (Arkhangelsk). 10 PVO, 445 IAP. 41 MiG-25. (Base still active 2003 flying MiG-31s with the 458th Fighter Regiment?) * Talagi (Arkhangelsk).

518th Fighter Aviation Regiment The 518th Fighter Aviation Regiment (; Military Unit Number 42192) was a Fighter aircraft, fighter Aviation regiment (Soviet Union), aviation regiment of the Soviet Air Forces during World War II that became part of the Soviet Air Defence Forces af ...

(MiG-31). 10 PVO, 518 IAP. 31 MiG-31. Regiment disbanded 1998. * Letneozersky (Karelia). 10 PVO, 524 IAP. 39 MiG-25. still in place 1994. * Rogachevo (Novaya Zemlya). 641st Fighter Regiment (Su-27), 1994. 10 PVO, 641 IAP. 32 Su-27, 2 Mi-8. * Kilp Yavr (Murmansk). 941st Fighter Regiment (Su-27), 1994. 10 PVO, 941 IAP. 38 Su-27. (Active in 2006 still flying Su-27s) *

Besovets Besovets (russian: Бесовец; , ; fi, Pesoutsa) is a rural locality (a village) in Prionezhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia. Municipally, it is a part of the Shuyskoye Rural Settlement of Prionezhsky Municipal District. I ...

(Karnliya). Initially, 991st Fighter Aviation Regiment, MiG-25P, in 1988. Circa 1994 the 159th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment relocated from Poland flying Su-27s.

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, ...

*8th Army of the PVO, HQ Kiev (Feskov ''et al.'' 2004 p. 150) **

Belbek Belbek ( uk, Бельбек; detatarized name: uk, Фруктове, Fruktove; russian: Фруктовое) is a village in Crimea. It is home to Sevastopol International Airport A military airfield in Belbek, a village near Sevastopol, Cri ...

(Crimean). 8 PVO, 62 IAP. 39 Su-15TM. ** Kirov (Crimean). 8 PVO, 136 IAP. Su-27. ** Vasylkiv (air base) (Kiev). 8 PVO, 146 IAP. 41 MiG-25. ** Stryy (Stryi) (L'vov) 179 IAP. 43 MiG-23. **

Kramatorsk Kramatorsk ( uk, Краматорськ, translit=Kramatorsk ) is a city and the administrative centre of Kramatorsk Raion in the northern portion of Donetsk Oblast, in eastern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, Kramatorsk was a city of oblast signific ...

(Donets). 8 PVO, 636 IAP. 49 Su-15TM. ** Chervonoglinskaya/Арциз (Odessa). 8 PVO, 737 IAP. 36 MiG-23. ** Zaporozh'ye (Zaporzhskaya). 8 PVO, 738 IAP. MiG-25DP. ** Ozerne (Lake) (

Zhitomir Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative ...

) 2-4 PVO, 894 IAP. 38 MiG-23. **

Dnepropetrovsk Dnipro, previously called Dnipropetrovsk from 1926 until May 2016, is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper Rive ...

(Dnepropetrovsk). 8 PVO, 933 IAP. 40 MiG-25. *

Mirgorod Myrhorod ( uk, Ми́ргород, ) is a city in the Poltava Oblast (province) of central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Myrhorod Raion (district), the city itself is administratively incorporated as a city of oblast ...

. 8 PVO, 831 IAP. Su-27. * Zhulyany (Kiev). 8 PVO, 223 OSAP. An-24, An-26, Mi-8. *

Taganrog Taganrog ( rus, Таганрог, p=təɡɐnˈrok) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of the Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don River. Population: History of Taganrog ...

. 963rd Attack Training Regiment (Su-17), 1994. 6236th Aircraft Handling Plant, 1994.

19th PVO Army, primarily
Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...

*Source Feskov ''et al.'' 2004, p. 152; Vasquez, Michael Holm at www.ww2.dk/new/. * Nasosnaya (Baku). 82nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, 19th Air Defence Army. 38 MiG-25. * Rostov-on-Don Northwest. 19 PVO, 83 IAP. 40 MiG-25. * Sandar/

Marneuli Marneuli ( ka, მარნეული , az, Sarvan) is a town in the Kvemo Kartli region of southern Georgia and administrative center of Marneuli Municipality that borders neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia. Toponymy According to Georgian so ...

. 19 PVO, 166 IAP. 40 Su-15TM. *

Gudauta Gudauta ( ka, გუდაუთა, ; ab, Гәдоуҭа, ''Gwdowtha''; russian: Гудаута, ''Gudauta'') is a town in Abkhazia, Georgia, and a centre of the eponymous district. It is situated on the Black Sea, 37 km northwest of Sukhu ...

. 171st Fighter Aviation Regiment ( Sukhoi Su-15TM,

19th Air Defence Army 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full re ...

IAP. Up until 1982. Then transferred to Ugolnye Kopi, Chukotia Autonomous Okrug. Base became home to 529th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, 14th Air Defence Corps, 19 PVO, 1982–92, merged into 209th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment in October 1992. 34 Su-27. * Privolzhskiy/Volga. 19 PVO, 209 IAP. Su-27, MiG-23. * Astrakhan Northwest. 19 PVO, 393 IAP. 38 MiG-23. * Krymskaya (Crimea). 19 PVO, 562nd Fighter Regiment 35 Su-27, 1994.

North Caucasus Military District

* Kotelnikovo. 704th Training Regiment (L-39), 1994. * Kuskovskaya (Kushchyovskaya). 797nd Training Regiment (MiG-21, MiG-29, Su-27), 1994. * Armavir. 713th Training Regiment (MiG-23, Mi-8), 1994. * Maykop. 761st Training Aviation Regiment (MiG-21, MiG-23), 1994. * Rostov-na-Donu. 83rd Fighter Regiment (MiG-25), 1994. 359th Separate Transport Squadron (Mi-26, Mi-8), 1994. * Astrakhan. 116th Combat Training Center (MiG-23, MiG-29, Mi-8), 1994. 209th Fighter Regiment (MiG-23, Su-27), 1994. * Tihoretsk. 627nd Training Regiment (L-39), 1994. * Krasnodar. 802nd Training Regiment (Su-22, Su-24, Su-25, Mi-8), 1994. * Primorsko-Akhtarsk. 960th Training Regiment (L-39), 1994. * Volgograd. Katcha Air Force Academy, 1994. 706th Training Regiment (L-39), 1994. * Mikhailovka/

Lebyazhye (air base) Lebyazhye (also given as Kamyshin Northwest, Lebyazh'ye, Gromovo, Kotly, and Mikhailovka) is a former air base in Russia located 18 km northwest of Kamyshin and 170 km north of Volgograd. The base has an unusually wide runway and large t ...

. 1st Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (MiG-23, MiG-27, Su-24), arrived from Kunmadaras in Hungary April 1991. Subordinate to the 1070th Training Aviation Centre, 1991-1994. * Morozovsk. 143rd Bomber Regiment (Su-24), 1994. Feskov: Kopitnari,

Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц� ...

, 1988 * Marinovka. 168th Bomber Regiment (Su-24), 1991-92 for disbandment. Previously Bolshoy Shiraki in Georgia.

Volga-Urals Military District

* Balashov. Belashov Air Force Academy (Mi-8), 1994.

12th Army of the PVO (
Turkestan Military District The Turkestan Military District (russian: Туркестанский военный округ (ТуркВО), ''Turkestansky voyenyi okrug (TurkVO)'') was a military district of both the Imperial Russian Army and the Soviet Armed Forces, with it ...
)

*Source Feskov ''et al.'' 2004, p. 152; Vasquez; Holm. * Chirchik-Andizhan (Uzbekistan).

12th Independent Air Defense Army The 12th Independent Air Defense Army () was an army of the Soviet Air Defense Forces based in Soviet Central Asia from 1963, with six years' break in the early 1980s, until 1992. History The headquarters of the 12th Independent Air Defense Arm ...

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32 Su-27 / Su-15. * Aktepe-Bezmein (Ashkabad). 12 PVO, 152 IAP. MiG-23M, MiG-25PD. * Nebit-Dag/Krasnovodsk (Turkmenia). 12 PVO, 179 IAP. MiG-23M. * Lugovoe (Kazakhstan). 12 PVO, 715 IAP. MiG-23M.

Siberia/East Central

*4th Army of the

Air Defence Forces Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, ...

(Feskov ''et al.'' 2004, p. 150) ** Danilov (Samarskaya) 4 PVO, 681 IAP. 38 MiG-23, 1994. ** Bobrovka (air base) (Samarskaya) 4 PVO, 683 IAP. 38 MiG-23, 1994. ** Dombarovsky (Orenberg). MiG-23. 763 IAP **

Bolshoye Savino Airport Perm International Airport (russian: Международный аэропорт Пермь) is an international airport located at Bolshoye Savino, southwest of the city of Perm, Russia. It is the only airport in Perm Krai with scheduled comme ...

(

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia **Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administrat ...

). 764th Fighter Aviation Regiment (MiG-25), 1994. 4 PVO. 38 MiG-23 (later MiG-31). **

Nizhny Tagil Nizhny Tagil ( rus, Нижний Тагил, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj tɐˈgʲil) is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located east of the boundary between Asia and Europe. Population: History The prehistory of Nizhny Tagil dates back to the mid-1 ...

(Sverdlovsk). 4 OA PVO, 765 IAP with Su-9 and later MiG-23. *

14th Independent Air Defence Army 14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 (number), 13 and preceding 15 (number), 15. In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen". In mathematics * 14 is a composite number. * 14 is a square pyramidal number. * 14 is a s ...

** Omsk-Severny (Omsk). 14 PVO, 64 IAP. MiG-31. Closed 1991. **

Bratsk Airport Bratsk Airport (russian: Аэропорт Братск) is an airport in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia located north of Bratsk. It is a mixed use airfield, providing 32 parking spaces for medium-sized airliners. Bratsk airport serves as a diversion a ...

(Bratsk). 14 PVO, 350 IAP. MiG-31. ** Zhana-Semey (

Semipalatinsk Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: Семипала́тинск) and in 1917–1920 as Alash-kala ( kk, Алаш-қала, ''Alaş-qala''), is a city in eastern Kazakhst ...

). 14 PVO, 356 IAP. MiG-31. **

Kupino Kupino (russian: Купино) is the name of several urban and rural inhabited localities (towns, villages, and selos) in Russia. ;Urban localities *Kupino, Novosibirsk Oblast, a town in Kupinsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast ;Rural localities ...

. 14 PVO, 849 IAP. MiG-23. ** Kansk. 14 PVO, 712 IAP. MiG-31. **

Tolmachevo Airport Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport (russian: Аэропо́рт Толмачёво) is situated in the town of Ob, west of the center of Novosibirsk, an industrial and scientific center in Siberia and Russia's third-largest city. Overview There ...

(Novosibirsk). 14 PVO, 813 IAP. Su-15TM. ** Bezrechnaya. 14 PVO, 22 IAP. Su-15TM. * 23rd Air Army ** Dzhida. 2nd Guards and 21st Bomber Aviation Regiments. 23rd Air Army. Su-24. ** Ukkurey. 193rd independent Guards Red Banner Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment. 23rd Air Army. MiG-23RB reconnaissance aircraft. * Slavgorod (air base). Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots *

Panfilovo, Altai Krai Panfilovo (russian: Панфилово) is a rural locality (a selo) in Novoromanovsky Selsoviet, Kalmansky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 329 as of 2013. There are 6 streets. Geography Panfilovo is located 35 km northwest of ...

. 44th Training Aviation Regiment, Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots * Verkhnaya Zaimka

11th Independent Air Defence Army 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables. Name "Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested ...
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Far East Military District The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...

Source Feskov and Vasquez *

Artem Artem ( uk, Арте́м, Artém, ) is a common Ukrainian male given name. Many Russians named Artyom are known in English as Artem. (Artyom is spelled with the " ё" letter, giving a ending sound; however, it is commonly romanized as "e".) Art ...

(Primorskiye). 11 PVO, 22 IAP. MiG-23. * Zolotaya Dolina (Unashi) (Primorskiye). 11 PVO, 47 IAP. Su-27. * Orlovka. MO PVO, 404 IAP. MiG-29, Su-27. *

Dzemgi Dzyomgi Airport (russian: Аэропорт Дзёмги) is an air base in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located northeast of Komsomolsk-na-Amure. Dzyomgi is Komsomolsk-na-Amure's northeast side airport, handling small airliner traffic. The base is ho ...

(Komsomol'sk-na-Amure). 11 PVO, 60 IAP. Su-27. * Kalina Airfield. 11 PVO, 301 IAP. MiG-23. * Sovetskaya Gavan. 11 PVO, 308 IAP. MiG-23. * Dolinsk-Sokol (Sakhalin). 11 PVO, 365 IAP. MiG-31, Su-27. 11 PVO, 777 IAP. MiG-23 (Feskov; not listed in Vasquez) * Burevestnik (Iturup)). 11 PVO, 387 IAP. MiG-23. * Chuguyevka (Primorskiy Kray). 11 PVO, 513 IAP. MiG-31, MiG-25. (Vasquez says 530 IAP) * Yelizovo-Petropavlovsk (Kamchatka). 11 PVO, 865 IAP. MiG-31. * Mengon

Naval Aviation

* Sharomy (air base)

Long Range Aviation Long-Range Aviation ( rus, Авиация Дальнего Действия, r=Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya, abbr. to AДД, or ADD, and literally ''Aviation of Distant Action'') is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces responsible for delive ...

Dyagilevo Dyagilevo (also given as Dyagilevo, Ryazan Dyagilevo) is an air base in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, 3 km west of Ryazan. It serves as a training center for Russia's strategic bomber force. The base is home to the 203rd Guards Orlovsky Independent ...

(Ryazan). 49 UTBAP. Tu-22M, Tu-95MS, Tu-9, L-39C, L-29. *

Ryazan Ryazan ( rus, Рязань, p=rʲɪˈzanʲ, a=ru-Ryazan.ogg) is the largest city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Cens ...

. TBAP. Tu-95U and L-39C as of 1994. 43rd Combat and Type Training Center (Tu-22M and L-29). * Shaykovka (Shaykovo) (Kaluga). 52 ITBAP. Tu-22M3, Tu-16. * Belaya Tserkov (Kiev). 251 ITBAP. Tu-22M, Tu-16, Tu-22. *

Nezhin Nizhyn ( uk, Ні́жин, Nizhyn, ) is a city located in Chernihiv Oblast of northern Ukraine along the Oster River. The city is located north-east of the national capital Kyiv. Nizhyn serves as the administrative center of Nizhyn Raion. It ...

(Kiev). 199 ODRAP. Tu-22R, Tu-22RDK, Tu-22K, Tu-22 * Ziabrauka (Gomel). 290 ODRAP. Tu-22RDM, 28 Tu-22R. *

Uzyn (air base) Uzyn (Chepelevka) is an inactive military airfield of the USSR and Ukrainian Long Range Aviation located on the south-eastern outskirts of Uzyn, Belotserkovsky district, Kyiv Oblast. It is one of the largest airfields in the territory of the form ...

(Kiev). 1006 TBAP, 409 APSZ. Tu-95MS, Tu-95, Il-78. * Mozdok (Ossetia). 121 TBAP, 182 TBAP. Tu-22M as of 1994. Tu-95MS16, Tu-95MS6. * Pryluki (Kiev). 184 TBAP. Tu-160, Tu-134UBL. *

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administrative ...

(Poltava). 185 TBAP. Tu-22M3. * Ozerne (Zhitomyr). 341 TBAP. Tu-22M2, Tu-22PD. * Machulishchy (Minsk). 121 TBAP. Tu-22M. *

(Brest). 203 TBAP. 30 Tu-22, Tu-22PD. *

Bobruysk Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...

(Mogilev). 200 TBAP. 15 Tu-22M, 15 Tu-16. *

Stryi Stryi ( uk, Стрий, ; pl, Stryj) is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine 65 km to the south of Lviv (in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains). It serves as the administrative ce ...

(L'vov). 260 TBAP. Tu-22M3, Tu-16. *

Raadi Airfield Raadi Airfield (Tartu Air Base) is a former air base in Estonia located northeast of Tartu. The land once belonged to Raadi Manor and is now designated as the new site of the Estonian National Museum. History In 1940 were requisitioned f ...

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. 132 TBAP. Tu-22M3, Tu-16. * Tver (Vitebsk). 402 TBAP. 20 Tu-22M3. *

Soltsy-2 Soltsy-2 (also spelled Sol'tsy, Soltsy, Solcy, Solcy 2) is an air base in Novgorod Oblast, Russia located 2 km north of Soltsy and 72 km southwest of Novgorod. It contains large aircraft revetments, with a separate compound of 9 harde ...

(Novgorod). 840 TBAP. Tu-22M3 as of 1994. *

Spassk-Dalny Airfield Spassk-Dalny Airfield, also known in the US intelligence community as Spassk-Dalniy East, was a Soviet Air Force base in Primorsky Krai, Russia located northeast of Spassk-Dalny, Russia. Spassk-Dalny was primarily a Soviet Air Defence For ...

. 219 ODRAP. Tu-16R, Tu-16Z. (

Spassk-Dalny Spassk-Dalny (russian: Спасск-Да́льний), sometimes called simply Spassk, is a town in Primorsky Krai, Russia, situated on the Prikhankayskaya Flatland on the coast of Khanka Lake. Geography The relief of the territory is flat, wit ...

) * Semipalitinsk (Kazakhstan). 1223 TBAP, 1226 TBAP. Tu-95MS, Tu-95M. * Ukrainka (Amur). . * Belaya (Irkutsk). 303 TBAP, 1225 TBAP. Tu-22M as of 1994. * Vozdvizhenka (Primorskiy). 444 TBAP. Tu-16. *

Zavitinsk Zavitinsk (russian: Завити́нск) is a town and the administrative center of Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russia. Population: Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Zavitinsk ser ...

(Chita). Tu-22K. * Engels-2 (Saratov). 200 TBAP, 1096 TBAP, 1230 APSZ. Tu-160 and Tu-134UBL (post-1994). Tu-22, Il-78, ZMD, ZMS-2. * Dolon. 1223 GV, 1226 GV. Tu-95MS, Tu-95M. * see also Mengon in Far East

Military Transport Aviation

Rakvere, Estonian SSR 566th Vypolzovo, Tver Oblast 566th Kirovograd, Kirovograd Oblast 25th Guards Sinalepa/Haapsalu, Estonian SSSR 196th Guards

Uncategorized

Kapustin Yar (air base) Kapustin Yar is a military airfield near the town of Znamensk, Astrakhan Oblast, serving the Kapustin Yar military training ground, founded in 1946. Until the 1990s, the airfield had the code name "Picture" (previously – "Constitution"). Cla ...

. Strategic Rocket Forces. 235th Separate Squadron (Mi-8), 1994. *

Al Anad Air Base Al Anad Air Base is a military airbase in the Lahij Governorate, Yemen. It is the biggest air base in Yemen. History The base was built by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The base witnessed heavy clashes during the Yemeni Civil War in ...

* Aschebutak *

Lebedovo Lebedovo (also Dolinniye) was an air base in Russia located 18 km southeast of Privolzsky, Saratov Oblast. It appeared on U.S. Department of Defense (United States), Department of Defense aeronautical charts dating from the 1960s and 1970s. ...

Rūdininkai training ground Rūdininkai or Rūdninkai airbase is a former Soviet airbase in Lithuania located southwest of Vilnius and only from the border with Belarus. It is surrounded by Rūdininkai Forest, the fifth largest list of forests in Lithuania, forest in Lithua ...

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