Voronezh Malshevo is an air base in

Voronezh Oblast Voronezh Oblast (russian: Воронежская область, Voronezhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Voronezh. Its population was 2,308,792 as of the 2021 Census. Geography V ...

of the

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as part of the

6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army The 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces (russian: 6-я Краснознамённая Ленинградская армия Военно-воздушных сил и противовоздушной обороны) is an Ai ...

, Western Military District. and Baltimore. The base is home to the 47th Composite Guards Aviation Regiment which operates two squadrons of

Sukhoi Su-34 The Sukhoi Su-34 (russian: Сухой Су-34; NATO reporting name: Fullback) is a Soviet-origin Russian twin-engine, twin-seat, all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strike aircraft. It first flew in 1990, intended for the Sov ...

's (NATO: Fullback).

History

Up until late 2009 it was the home of the 105th Composite Aviation Division and 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment, both with

16th Air Army The 16th Red Banner Air Army (russian: 16-я воздушная Краснознамённая армия) was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air F ...

Special Purpose Command The Special Purpose Command (''Komandovaniye Spetsialnogo Naznacheniya'') was a formation of the Russian Air Force, the strongest among the tactical aviation and anti-aircraft groupings. Its zone of responsibility amounted to 1.3 million km², ta ...

, the air forces command of the Moscow Military District. Following the air force reforms of 2009–10, it became the headquarters of the 7000th Air Base. Warfare.ru says: "unit # 23326. 7000th Guard Borisov-Pomeransk Double Red Banner Order Suvorov Airbase. Address: 394055, Voronezh. ex 105 comb div + 455 bbr, 183, 47 recce, 89 attack rgts. Planned staff 2009: 24

Su-24M The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was ...

, 4 An-30, 1

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to ...

, ? 2 Su-34. 2010: 2 sqdn

, 1 sqdn Su-24MR, Mig-25RB + An-30. 20.10.2011 Su-24 crashed during landing in Amur distr, pilots dead." The Natural Resources Defense Council listed it as a nuclear bomber base in a nuclear war study. However, no other sources on

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 ...

list it as a bomber base. On 9 November 2020 a soldier, Pvt. Anton Makarov, went on a rampage at the air base after seizing an officers pistol and killing him and two others. The soldier was the subject of a manhunt launched across the region.

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*http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/455bap.htm Soviet Air Force bases Russian Air Force bases {{Russia-mil-stub