Chkalovsk naval guards airbase (Kaliningrad)

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(1) Guard Assault Air Sqdr. : 7045th. AF Bdge. (Chkalovsk)
Su-24MR & 27P fighter Bombers.
Former 689th Guard Fighter Air Regiment (Чкаловский : Chkalovsk)
Guard CO Colonel Vladimir Talabirchuk.(2008)

(2)Guard Helicopter Air Sqdr. : 7045th. AF Bdge. (Chkalovsk)
The Sqdrn is eqipped with MIg-8 and principally x20 Mig-24 helicopters

Formerly 288th Separate Helicopter Regiment (288 OVP) and
the 125th separate helicopter squadron (Чкаловский : Chkalovsk)
CO Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Kunin (2008)

Kaliningrad Chkalovsk (also Chkalovskoye, Tchalov, or Proveren) is a naval air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 9 km northwest of Kaliningrad. Most instances in Russian aviation literature of Chkalovsk or Chkalovskoye refer specifically to this large airfield. It is Kaliningrad's largest airfield, a significant Baltic naval military base with four separate complexes for bomber and fighter parking.

The base is equipped with Su-24MR & 27P fighter Bombers. High-resolution Google Earth imagery shows the base is still active, with x36 Su-27P aircraft (x22 on the ramp visible).

also : ex 125 separate hel sqdn + ex 689 separate f rgt BAL + ex-398 separate sqn. 2010: 20? Mi-24, 36?Su-27, An-24/26, Mi-8, An-2/12, Be-12 in reserve.