Borisoglebsk (air base)

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Borisoglebsk (also Borisoglebsk East) is an air base in Voronezh Oblast, Russia located 6 km east of Borisoglebsk. It is a small military airfield.

The base is home to 160th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Sukhoi Su-25 and Yakovlev Yak-130 of the 786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.^[1]

'Fencer' aircraft.

Military flying training has taken place at the base since the 1920s. From 1960 to 1971 the 478th Training Aviation Regiment, initially flying Ilyushin Il-12s and Il-14s, was stationed at the airfield.^[2] It moved in 1971 to Petrovsk in Saratov Oblast.

In October 1990 the 1080th Red Banner Aviation Centre for Retraining of Personnel named for

.

The 1080 UATsPLS had the following components in 1990:

• 160th Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast) with MiG-29 and MiG-21. In 1991 the 160 IIAP was equipped with 60
  MiG-29E in the early 1990s through at least 2003.^[4]
• 186th Instructor Assault Aviation Regiment (Buturlinovka, Voronezh Oblast) with Su-25
• 281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast) with MiG-23
• 343rd Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (Sennoy, Saratov Oblast) with MiG-29

Holm's information reports that the 1080 UATsPLS was disbanded in 1997 and the awards (presumably the

. His information also suggests that the remnants of the 1080th Centre remained as the Borisoglebsk Aviation Garrison, which was disbanded in 2000.

The 160th Training Aviation Regiment remained active.

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