Dorokhovo Air Base
Russia /
Tver /
Bezhetsk /
World
/ Russia
/ Tver
/ Bezhetsk
, 7 km from center (Бежецк)
World / Russia / Tver'
closed, former air force base
Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It is a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.
It was home to 611 IAP (611th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 39 Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s. It also had MiG-31 aircraft.
It was home to 611 IAP (611th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 39 Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s. It also had MiG-31 aircraft.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorokhovo
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Coordinates: 57°43'31"N 36°39'6"E
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