Horodok Air Base
Air base in Ukraine
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horodok Air Base (Ukrainian: Авіабаза «Городок») (also known as Gorodok Air Base, Cherlyany Air Base, and Cherlyane Air Base) was an air base in Ukraine located 5 km southeast of Horodok. It was a fighter base with revetted areas, 26 km southwest of Lviv.
Horodok | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Horodok | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 896 ft (273 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°44′18″N 023°40′6″E | ||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||
  Horodok Location of Horodok Air Base in Ukraine | |||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
The base was home to the:
- 3rd Guards Rostov-Donskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between July 1945 and June 1949 under the Soviet Air Forces.[1]
During the 1970s or early 1980s it hosted a regiment of Sukhoi Su-24 (Fencer) aircraft.[2]
