Dorokhovo (air base)

Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is an air base in Bezhetsky District of 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.

Dorokhovo
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationBezhetsk
Elevation AMSL469 ft / 143 m
Coordinates57°43′30″N 036°39′6″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8,202 2,500 Concrete

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.[1] It also had MiG-31 aircraft.[2]

References

  1. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
  2. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.



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