Andreapol air base
Andreapol | |||||||
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| Andreapol, Tver Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Satellite imagery of Andreapol air base | |||||||
  Andreapol Shown within Tver Oblast  Andreapol Andreapol (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 56°38′36″N 32°18′48″E / 56.64333°N 32.31333°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | Unknown - 2019 | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UUEA | ||||||
| Elevation | 229 metres (751 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Andreapol former Soviet and Russian Air Force air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 3 km east of Andreapol. It was built as an interceptor aircraft base. It was home to the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (28 Gv IAP), which flew MiG-23P aircraft in the early 1990s[1] and soon acquired MiG-29 aircraft.[2]
In 1994 to Andreapol were transferred part of the personnel and aircraft 773rd Guards Fighter Regiment, who joined the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. In 2003, during runway repairs at Kubinka the aerobatic teams Russian Knights and Swifts were relocated to Andreapol.[citation needed]
A MiG-29 crashed on May 12, 2005 near the air base.
The 28th Regiment disbanded probably in 2009.[citation needed]
As of 2019, the Air Base is reported as being closed, or at least "inactive".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ "Карта аэродромов России".
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