Smolensk North Airport
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Smolensk Military | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Smolensk | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 820 ft / 250 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°49′30″N 032°1′30″E / 54.82500°N 32.02500°E | ||||||||||
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Smolensk Military (Russian военный аэродром "Смоленск-Северный", military aerodrome Smolensk-North) is an air base in Smolensk Oblast, Russia located 4 km north of Smolensk. It is a small mixed-use airfield with a remote revetment area with 8 pads and a Yakovlev factory at the southeast side of the airfield. It has 28 based Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft.
During the Cold War it was home to the 401 IAP (401st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23P aircraft, which disbanded around 1990 with its MiG-23Ps assigned to 412 IAP at Dombarovsky. It has also been home to 871 IAP (871st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 and Su-27 aircraft in 1994, then MiG-29 aircraft in 2003. Airlift services are provided by 103 Gv VTAP (103rd Guards Military Air Transport Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76 jets.[1][2]
Accident
A Polish government Tupolev Tu-154, carrying President Lech Kaczyński, his wife and an official delegation crashed during final approach to the airport on 10 April 2010. All 96 aboard perished.
See also
References
- ^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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