Marinovka air base
Military airfield in Russia
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Marinovka is an air base of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.
| Marinovka | |||||||
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| Marinovka, Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Satellite imagery of Marinovka air base | |||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  Marinovka Shown within Volgograd Oblast, Russia  Marinovka Marinovka (Russia) | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 48°38′09″N 43°47′17″E | ||||||
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| In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
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As of 2022, the base is home to the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment (11th SAP) which had two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-24M/MR (NATO: Fencer-D/E)[1][2][3][4][5]
History
The base was home to the 168th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between 1991 and 1992,[6] and the 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment 1993-98.[7]
Some Su-34 and Su-24s were redeployed to the air base after a Ukrainian drone strike[when?] on Morozovsk air base. A satellite image from 19 August 2024, appeared to show some 15 Su-34s and 14 Su-24s at the air base.[8][9]
On 22 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the air base was attacked by Ukrainian military drones, resulting in explosions and a fire at the air base. The governor of Volgograd Oblast, Andrey Bocharov, claimed that most of the drones had been intercepted, and that the debris from an intercepted drone fell causing a fire.[10][11] The fires were detected by NASA's FIRMS.
On 27 June 2025, the air base was again targeted by Ukrainian military drones, destroying and damaging four Su-34 fighter bombers. The attack also hit the airfield's technical support section, a facility used for maintenance and repair of combat aircraft.[12]
