Dorokhovo (air base)
Air base in Russia
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Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is a former air base in Bezhetsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It was a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.
| Dorokhovo Bezhetsk-Dorokhov | |||||||
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| Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Satellite imagery of Dorokhovo air base | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  Dorokhovo Shown within Tver Oblast  Dorokhovo Dorokhovo (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 57°43′30″N 36°39′6″E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | 1953 - 2009 | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 143 metres (469 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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It was home to 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment (611 IAP) flying 39 Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s.[1] It also had MiG-31 aircraft.[2][3] From the 1960s to the 1990s the regiment was part of the 3rd Air Defence Corps of the Moscow Air Defence District.
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