Borisovsky Khotilovo
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| Borisovsky Khotilovo | |||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Location | Bologoye | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 591 ft / 180 m | ||
| Coordinates | 57°39′18″N 034°6′0″E / 57.655°N 34.1°ECoordinates: 57°39′18″N 034°6′0″E / 57.655°N 34.1°E | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08/20 | 8,202 | 2,500 | Concrete |
Borisovsky Khotilovo (also given as Borisovskiy, Borisovsky, and Khatilovo) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 24 km south of Bologoye. It is a fighter base with 3 groups of fan revetments. On 1 June 2005 a MiG-31 based here crash-landed here; the crew was only injured.
It is home to 790 IAP (790th Figter Order of Kutuzov Aviation Regiment) flying 38 MiG-25 aircraft during the Cold War and MiG-31s through the 1990s [1][2].
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[edit] References
- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI. http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/avpvo/.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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