Mukacheve airfield 92nd IAP

Ukraine / Zakarpatska / Mukacheve /
 airport, former air force base

Some 6 km (3.7 mi) southwest of the town, this airfield was home for the 92-й ИАП (Russian: 92-й истребительный авиационный полк, Ukrainian: 92-й винищувальний авіаційний полк — 92th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), part of the 8-й Войска ПВО (Russian: 8-й войска противовоздушная оборона, Ukrainian: 8-а війська протиповітряна оборона — Soviet 8th Air Defence Corps), equipped with MiG 29-9-13s. Part of these interceptors have been moved from the “Mukacheve AB” (Ukrainian: Авіабаза Мукачеве, Russian: Авиабаза Мукачёво) to Stryj December 1992, after Ukraine's independance, and the Ukrainian government then gradually closed Soviet and Russian installations and equipment.

The Transcarpathian Province (Ukrainian: Закарпатська область) authorities and the Ukrainian government try to set up a conversion project for a few years, to attract investors to this strong-built airfield, suitable for cargo flights, after a conversion of the existing military facilities together with construction of a new air cargo terminal, and are making efforts to promote these facilities as closed to Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Romania.

See also —
• Stryj Air Base: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stryi_(air_base)
• Ukraine Airfields (Global Security): www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/ukraine/airfield-...
• Much more information are available in Ukrainian and Russian.
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Coordinates:   48°23'44"N   22°41'22"E
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