Budyonnovsk (air base)

Coordinates: 44°50′07″N 044°00′28″E / 44.83528°N 44.00778°E / 44.83528; 44.00778
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Budyonnovsk
(Budennovsk)
4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Site history
In useUnknown - present
Airfield information
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08/26 2,976 metres (9,764 ft) Concrete

Budyonnovsk is an airbase of the

4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District
.

The airbase lies 14 km (9 miles) southeast of the town of Budyonnovsk, in Stavropol Krai.

The base is home to the 368th Assault Aviation Regiment (368th ShAP) which has two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-25SM/SM3 (NATO: Frogfoot-A) and the 487th Independent Combat Control Helicopter Regiment.[1][2][3][4]

The 386th deployed to

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Russian Air Force today - Russian Southern Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd
    . March 2022. p. 42.
  3. ^ "Российскую армию вооружили вертолетами "Ночной охотник"". Lenta.RU (in Russian). 21 April 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Budyonnovsk (Budennovsk) (URMB)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd
    . December 2022. p. 30.
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