Primorsko-Akhtarsk (air base)

Airport in Russia
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46°03′26″N 038°13′48″E / 46.05722°N 38.23000°E / 46.05722; 38.23000Site informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceOperatorRussian Aerospace ForcesControlled by4th Air and Air Defence Forces ArmySite historyBuilt1954 (1954)In use1954 - presentBattles/warsRussian invasion of UkraineAirfield informationElevation6 metres (20 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
09/27 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Primorsko-Akhtarsk is an air base of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.

The base was first used in 1954 by a regiment (1689th) of the Yeysk aviation school. Today it is home to the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (960th ShAP) which has two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-25SM/SM3 (NATO: Frogfoot-A)[1][2]

The 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment deployed here from Morozovsk air base with their Sukhoi Su-34's as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 2 July 2023 Russian Telegram channels claimed that Russian air defences had "downed a missile" leaving a 10m deep, 4m wide crater some 200 metres from the runway. The airbase is used, according to Ukraine, to launch Shahed-136 type drones and Kalibr missiles.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Russian Air Force today - Russian Southern Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  2. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2022. p. 42.
  3. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2022. p. 30.
  4. ^ Alexander Khrebet (2 July 2023). "Explosion reported near airfield in southern Russia". Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 July 2023.