Osovcy (air base)
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Osovcy (official transliteration: Asaŭcy) is an air base of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located in Byaroza, Brest Region, Belarus. Bereza (Osovcy) is 7 km NW of Byaroza. Alternate given coordinates are 52° 33.4' N 24° 52.8' E.[1]
The airfield is one of the oldest in Soviet/Russian aviation history. Mentions of it date back to 1915, when a separate combat detachment was based at the airfield, consisting of two aircraft
By September 10, 1915, Bereza-Kartuzskaya (the name of the city was Bereza (Birch) until 1940) was occupied by the Germans. The combat detachment of Ilya Muromets aircraft flew to Slutsk, from where it continued to bomb enemy positions in Bereza Kartuzskaya, Skobelevsky camp, Baranovichi and nearby railway stations. A German aviation detachment was relocated to Bereza, equipped with Albatros D.I aircraft. [4]
As part of the forward air defence forces during Operation Bagration in 1944, as part of the 14th Air Defence Corps, the 927th IAP, located at Loshitsa airfield particularly distinguished itself. The regiment was commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union, Lieutenant-Colonel N. Kozlov (later major-general of aviation, deputy commander of the 2nd independent Air Defence Army).
The 927th Kenigsbergskiy Red Banner order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment (IAP) (
In December 1963, the 89th separate corrective and reconnaissance Novgorod orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov squadron was disbanded. Part of the squadron's servicemen was transferred to the 510th separate division of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which was being formed, armed with single-use reconnaissance Lavochkin La-17R (TBR-1) Unmanned aerial vehicles. In September 1966, the 510th separate division of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft was renamed the 106th separate squadron of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. In September 1987, the 106th Squadron was relocated to the Carpathian Military District, where it was disbanded.[5]
The 120th Fighter Aviation Regiment began forming as part of the Soviet military buildup in response to
The 927th Fighter Aviation Koenigsberg Red Banner Order of Alexander Nevsky Regiment, permanently based at the airfield, reequipped with MiG-19 supersonic fighters in 1956. In 1960, after the disbandment of the 330th IAD, it was transferred to the
Apart from a year deploying to the
The 5th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment had been stationed at Sármellék, with Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 fighter aircraft, part of the Southern Group of Forces in Hungary. It was disbanded in October 1990, with aircraft and crews being withdrawn to Byaroza (Osovcy).[10][11]
References
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- ^ A. Zharkov, V. Orlov (2017-09-28). "History of Aeronautics of the Brest-Litovsk Fortress". Database Heritage of the Brest Fortress. Brest Fortress Development Fund fortresses. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ "City of memories: the first Berezovsky airfield". Portal of the mass-political newspaper of the Berezovsky district "Mayak" (in Russian). KUP "Editorial office of the Berezovsky district newspaper "Mayak". 2018-01-19. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ Валерий Непарко (2018-03-24). "История Березовского военного гарнизона. Часть 4". Новости Березы и Березовского района (in Russian). Городской портал Новости Березы и Березовского района. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ "120-й ИАП - История части - В.ч.06878 (120 гиап) - Каталог статей - Домна - аэродром, гарнизон, поселок". domna.ucoz.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ Holm. "927th Kenigsbergskiy Red Banner order of Aleksandr Nevskiy Fighter Aviation Regiment". Retrieved 2022-10-14.
- ^ Anokhin & Bykov 2014, p. 783.
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