Totskoye air base
Air base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia
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Totskoye (also Totskoe) is an air base in Russia located four kilometres southeast of Totskoye. It is a standard military air base with small number of revetments in a separate area.
Totskoye | |||||||
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| Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast in Russia | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  Totskoye Shown within Orenburg Oblast  Totskoye Totskoye (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | 1976 - present? | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XWOT | ||||||
| Elevation | 90 metres (295 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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In 1976 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was established at the base. It was redesignated the 281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (281 IIAP) in 1989.
In mid-May 1992 the 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (833 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft relocated from Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany [51 59 45N, 12 58 57E].[1] It had been stationed in Juterbog since October 1953. It was quickly disbanded.[2]
In 1994 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, then with a reported 66 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft,[3] was disbanded.
Totskoye now hosts the 2881st Reserve Helicopter Base (2881 BRV) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.[4]
There were 56 stored helicopters and five operational helicopters according to Google Earth high-resolution imagery made in 2003. Google Earth images from 29-08-2012 however shows an abandoned airfield.
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