Zyabrovka (air base)
Zyabrovka Pribytki | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Location | Gomel | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 456 ft / 139 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°18′22.0″N 31°9′44.1″E / 52.306111°N 31.162250°E | ||||||||||
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Pribytki (also Zyabrovka) is an air base in Belarus located in Homiel Voblast, 16 km southeast of Gomel. In the early 1960s it was flying Tupolev Tu-16R aircraft. The airfield was renovated in 1963.[1] It received the Tu-22R around 1966, and by 1967 had 24 based there.[1] Pribytki was one of nine major operating locations for the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder in the mid-1960s.[2] The reconnaissance aircraft were tasked with operations in the Baltic and northern Europe.[1] From 1973 into the 1980s pilots from Libya and Iraq trained in the Tu-22 here.[1] The Tu-22 units were disbanded in 1994 and the aircraft sent to Engels-2 for disposal.[1]
Pribytki was home to 290 Gv ODRAP (290th Guards Long Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-16R from the early 1960s to 1994 and the Tu-22RDM from the 1960s to 1994;[3][4] plus a number of Tu-22R aircraft.[3] From 1960 to 1980 the regiment was part of the 6th Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps, and from 1980 to 1994, the 46th Air Army. (Holm)
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the Russian military deployed attack helicopters here.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e Gordon, Yefim (1999). Tupelov Tu-22 'Blinder' Tu-22M 'Backfire'. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-065-6.
- ^ PROBABLE ASM ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, SELECTED SOVIET AIRFIELDS, CIA-RDP78T05161A001000010061-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, October 1, 1966.
- ^ a b "Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ "Take-OffF". take-off.ru.
- ^ "Latest Satellite Photos Show Increased Russian Military Activity Near Ukraine - No. 13". RadioFreeEurope Radio Liberty. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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