Cheshnegirovo Air Base
25th Fighter-Bomber Air Base (Cheshnegirovo) ![]() | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Former Military Air Base | ||||||||||
Operator | Bulgarian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Cheshnegirovo, Bulgaria | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 604 ft / 184 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°6′50″N 24°59′29″E / 42.11389°N 24.99139°E | ||||||||||
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Cheshnegirovo Air Base/Sadovo used to house the 25th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment (flying MiG-23BN/UBs) of the 10th Combined Air Corps. According to the major restructuring plans it became the first regiment to convert to an air base structure. Briefly it housed the entire Bulgarian MiG-23 fleet after which it disbanded.
History
Cheshnegirovo Air Base (ICAO code: Z07T) * Inactive * Alternate name Sadovo. Also spelled 'Tcheshnigirovo'. Located in central Bulgaria, north east of Plovdiv. Date when built - 1951. Home of 25 Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment of 10th Composite Air Corps, with the MiG-17. In 1976 it received the MiG-23BN. The base closed in 2000 and is now used for the storage of aircraft. There are reports that the 68 Special Forces Brigade will move here from Plovdiv.
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Runway data: Location: N42 06 50.91 E024 59 34.59, Elev: 604 ft (184 m), Rwy 10/28, Size: 8345 x 170 ft (2544 x 52 m), concrete.
Aircraft
Serial | c/no. Prev. Identity | Delivered | Fate/Notes |
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06 | 7942/0393215766 | 1981 | Preserved Rakovski Apr 2003 |
20 | 6542/0393209520 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
21 | 6543/0393209521 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
23 | 6545/0393209523 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
30 | 6546/0393209530 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
31 | 6547/0393209531 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
36 | 6548/0393209536 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
37 | 6549/0393209537 | 1978 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
39 | 6641/0393209539 | 1978 | w/o 7 August 1984 |
48 | 7843/0393215748 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
49 | 7844/0393215749 | 1981 | w/o 3 August 1994 |
50 | 7845/0393215750 | 1981 | Preserved Plovdiv/Krumovo Oct 2004 |
51 | 5650/0393208751 | 1976 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
52 | 7846/0393215752 | 1981 | w/o 16 Sept 1986 |
53 | 7847/0393215753 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
54 | 7848/0393215754 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
55 | 6344/0393209355 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
56 | 6345/0393209356 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
57 | 6346/0393209357 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
58 | 6347/0393209358 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
60 | 7849/0393215760 | 1981 | Stored Graf Ignatievo May 2004 |
61 | 7850/0393215761 | 1981 | Stored Graf Ignatievo May 2004 |
63 | 7941/0393215763 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
65 | 6348/0393209365 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
66 | 6349/0393209366 | 1977 | Preserved Cheshnegirovo Town Apr 2003 |
67 | 6350/0393209367 | 1977 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
70 | 5644/0393208370 | 1976 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
75 | 5645/0393208375 | 1976 | Stored Dobrich Sept 2002 |
77 | 7943/0393215777 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
79 | 5646/0393208379 | 1976 | Preserved Plovdiv/Krumovo Oct 2004 |
80 | 7944/0393215780 | 1981 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
90 | 5649/0393208400 | 1976 | Dolna Mitropoliya |
91 | 5647/0393208391 | 1976 | Chopped in Cheshnegirovo Apr 2007 |
93 | 1976 | w/o 19.08.1986 г. |
References:
- European Air Forces Directory 2003/04 (Mach III)
- European Air Forces Directory 2005/06 (Mach III)
- [1]
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23UB Flogger
Serial | c/no. Prev. Identity | Delivered |
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020 | A1037620 | 1976 |
021 | A1037621 | 1976 |
022 | A1037622 | 1976 |
023 | A1037701 | 1977 |
024 | A1037702 | 1977 |
25 | A1037855 | 1978 |
26 | A1037856 | 1978 |
27 | A1037857 | 1978 |
028 | A1038105 | 1981 |
29 | A1038318 | 1983 |
30 | A1038320 | 1983 |
31 | A1038330 | 1983 |
32 | A1038404 | 1984 |
33 | A1038406 | 1984 |
040 | 19015140 | 1984 |
References:
- European Air Forces Directory 2003/04 (Mach III)
- European Air Forces Directory 2005/06 (Mach III)
- arrow-aviation.nl
Imagens
See also
- Dobroslavtsi Air Base
- Gabrovnitsa Air Base
- Uzundzhovo Air Base
- Graf Ignatievo Air Base
- Bezmer Air Base
- Dobrich Air Base
- Ravnets Air Base
- Balchik Air Base
- Vrazhdebna Air Base
- List of Bulgarian Air Force bases
- List of Bulgarian military bases
- 28th Air Detachment
- Military of Bulgaria
- The Bulgarian Cosmonauts
- List of joint US-Bulgarian military bases
References
Снимки на авиобазата след нейното затваряне. [2] www.aeroflight.co.uk