Seshcha is an
air 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 operatio ...
near
Dubrovka,
Bryansk Oblast
Bryansk Oblast (russian: Бря́нская о́бласть, ''Bryanskaya oblast''), also known as Bryanshchina (russian: Брянщина, ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Bryansk. As of th ...
of the
Russian Air Force
"Air March"
, mascot =
, anniversaries = 12 August
, equipment =
, equipment_label =
, battles =
, decorations =
, batt ...
as part of
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 ...
.
The airbase was placed in operations in the early 1930s.
The base is home to the 566th Military Transport Aviation Regiment which flies the
Antonov An-124
The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (; russian: Антонов Ан-124 Руслан, , Ruslan; NATO reporting name: Condor) is a large, strategic airlift, four-engined aircraft that was designed in the 1980s by the Antonov design bureau in the Ukr ...
(NATO: Condor) of the
12th Military Transport Aircraft Division
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...
. The regiment arrived at the base in August 1958.
[Michael Holm]
566 VTAP
c2015.
References
Russian Air Force bases
Military installations established in the 1930s
Buildings and structures in Bryansk Oblast
{{Russia-airport-stub