Horodok Air Base
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Horodok Авіабаза «Городок» | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Horodok | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 896 ft / 273 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°44′18″N 023°40′6″E / 49.73833°N 23.66833°E | ||||||||||
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  Horodok Location of Horodok Air Base in Ukraine | |||||||||||
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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.
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]
References
[edit]- ^ "3rd Guards Rostov-Donskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ Mason, R. A. (1986). Aircraft, Strategy and Operations of the Soviet Air Force. Jane's Publishing Company Limited. ISBN 0-7106-0373-8.
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