Babruysk (air base)

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Babruysk Air Base Аэрадром Бабруйск Аэродром Бобруйск
AMSL		502 ft / 153 m
Coordinates	53°6′17″N 29°12′21″E / 53.10472°N 29.20583°E / 53.10472; 29.20583
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 3,000 9,843 Concrete
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Babruysk Air Base (

After the liberation of Babruysk in the summer of 1944, the airfield was used to provide air support for the further offensive of the Red Army. From the beginning of 1945, the staffing and training of the 330th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 48th Bomber Aviation Division was carried out at the Babruysk airfield, which never took part in the fighting due to the end of the war and for which the airfield became a permanent base.^[6][A]

In the following years, up to 1994, the Babruysk airfield was used mainly by long-range bomber aircraft.

At the end of May 1945, the 111th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the 50th Bomber Aviation Division

In April 1946, the 111th BAP and the 330th BAP became part of the 22nd Guards BAD, and in May of the same year, the 200th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment of the same air division was also transferred to the Bobruisk airfield.[9]^[13][14][15] All three regiments were fully equipped with the American North American B-25 Mitchell medium-range bomber .^{[6][7][13][14][16]}

In November 1949, the 330th bap was disbanded,^[6] and the 111th bap and the 200th guards bomber aviation regiments were re-equipped with the first Soviet strategic bomber Tupolev Tu-4.^{[7][9][13][17][15]} Since 1950, these air regiments, as well as the 22nd Guards Bomber Aviation Division, became known as heavy bombers. In addition, in 1949–1951, the wooden covering of the airfield was replaced by concrete.^[15]

In the following years, the followingstrategic bombers were deployed at Bobruisk with the 111th TBAP and the 200th Guards TBAP (though the 111th TBAP was disbanded in February 1971.^[7]):

• Tu-4
  – until 1956;
• Tu-16
  – in the years 1955–1986;
• Tu-16K – in 1964–1992;
• Tu-22M3 – since 1986.^{[7][13][17][15]}

The 200th Guards TBAP also included a squadron of Tu-16N tanker aircraft.^[13]

In 1994–2002, the Bobruisk airfield was home to the 13th separate combat control squadron of the helicopter Belarusian Air Force.

This aviation unit was formed in 1946 in

In June 1992, the 13 OWU became part of Air Force of the Republic of Belarus, in 1993 it was reorganized into the 13th separate combat squadron of a helicopter, in May 1994 it was relocated from the airfield Kiselevichi to the airfield Bobruisk.^[22]

In 2002, as part of the creation of a unified Air Force and Air Defense Forces troops of the Republic of Belarus and as a result of structural reorganization, 13 ove bu was disbanded, and the aircraft and flight personnel were transferred to the 50th a mixed aviation base, located at the airfield

Since 2002, the Babruysk airfield has been managed by the 83rd Separate Order of the Red Star Engineer-Aerodrome Regiment of the Air and Air Defence Force of the Republic of Belarus. The 83rd Regiment contains an airfield in constant operational readiness, it ensures the reception and departure of aircraft from the airfield.^[27][28]

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