Dzhida (air base)
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Dzhidinsky District, Buryatia, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,968 ft / 600 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°41′0″N 106°8′0″E / 50.68333°N 106.13333°E | ||||||||||
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Dzhida (Russian: Джида) is a military air base of the Russian Air Force in Dzhidinsky District, Buryatia, Russia. It is located in the town of Dzhida, and features a large fighter base with small revetment groups scattered around the airfield.
Dzhida has been home to:
- 2 Gv BAP (2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24M aircraft as recently as 1991.[1][2]
- 21 BAP (21st Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24.
The airfield's name has sometimes erroneously appeared as Eleagnus, the Russian form of the Latin name for the plant Elaeagnus, known as dzhida in Russian. The name Dzhida is not derived from the Elaeagnus plant, but from the Buryat language term ƶede, meaning copper.
References
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/2gvbap.htm
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