Michurinsk (air base)
Michurinsk | |||||||
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| Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Satellite imagery of Michurinsk air base | |||||||
  Michurinsk Shown within Tambov Oblast  Michurinsk Michurinsk (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 52°55′6″N 40°21′54″E / 52.91833°N 40.36500°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1952 | ||||||
| In use | 1952 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XUWM | ||||||
| Elevation | 164 metres (538 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Michurinsk (also given as Michurinsk Northwest, and Kozlov (before 1932)) is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk. It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield.
The base is to the 644th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Aero L-39C Albatros as part of the 786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.[1]
The training unit at Michurinsk is 644 UAP (644th Aviation Training Regiment) equipped with 108 Aero L-29 Delfin aircraft listed as of the early 1990s.[2] It has also been equipped recently with Su-24, Su-25, and MiG-29 aircraft.[3] The 644th Training Aviation Regiment was part of the 786th Training Centre, headquartered at Borisoglebsk, in 2008, according to Kommersant-Vlast.
References
[edit]- ^ "Russian Air Force - Michurinsk (UUWM)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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