Voronezh Malshevo (air base)
Voronezh Malshevo | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: UUOW | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Voronezh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 502 ft / 153 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°37′29″N 039°07′53″E / 51.62472°N 39.13139°ECoordinates: 51°37′29″N 039°07′53″E / 51.62472°N 39.13139°E | ||||||||||
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Voronezh Malshevo (also Malshevo, Mal'shevo, Voronezh Southwest, Baltimor) is an air base in Russia located 7 km southwest of Voronezh.
Up until late 2009 it was the home of the 105th Composite Aviation Division and 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment, both with 16th Air Army/Special Purpose Command, the air forces command of the Moscow Military District. Following the air force reforms of 2009-10, it is now the headquarters of the 7000th Air Base.
Warfare.ru says:[1] "unit # 23326. 7000th Guard Borisov-Pomeransk Double Red Banner Order Suvorov Airbase. Address: 394055, Voronezh. ex 105 comb div + 455 bbr, 183, 47 recce, 89 attack rgts. Planned staff 2009: 24 Su-24M, 4 An-30, 1 Mi-8, ? 2 Su-34. 2010: 2 sqdn Su-24M, 1 sqdn Su-24MR, Mig-25RB+ An-30. 20.10.2011 Su-24 crashed during landing in Amur distr, pilots dead."
The Natural Resources Defense Council listed it as a nuclear bomber base in a nuclear war study. However, no other sources on Long Range Aviation list it as a bomber base.
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References
- ↑ http://www.warfare.ru/?linkid=2238&catid=239, accessed August 2012