Bobrovichi is an air base in
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
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 Aviation Regiment) flying
Su-24
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...
aircraft from 1978 subordinated to
1st Guards Bomber Aviation Division (1 GvBAD) in
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 Lithuani ...
(1960-1980) and then 32nd Bomber Aviation Division (1980-1992).
[Michael Holm]
953rd Vitbskiy Bomber Aviation Regiment
accessed September 2011 It also hosted 368 OShAP (Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) during the mid-1980s.
References
Soviet Air Force bases
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