| Borisoglebsk | |
| Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg |
| Ensign Size: | 90px |
| Location: | Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast |
| Country: | Russia |
| Type: | Air Base |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Voronezh Oblast#Russia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Voronezh Oblast |
| Pushpin Label: | Borisoglebsk |
| Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator: | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Used: | -present |
| Elevation: | 115m (377feet) |
| R1-Number: | 12/30 |
| R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Borisoglebsk (also Borisoglebsk East) is an air base in Voronezh Oblast, Russia located 6 km east of Borisoglebsk. It is a small military airfield.
, the base was home to 160th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Sukhoi Su-25 and Yakovlev Yak-130 of the 786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.[1]
Google Earth high-resolution satellite imagery accessed in 2006 showed numerous Aero L-39 'Albatross' trainer aircraft, Su-25 'Frogfoot' and two Su-24 'Fencer' aircraft.
Military flying training has taken place at the base since the 1920s. From 1960 to 1971 the 478th Training Aviation Regiment, initially flying Ilyushin Il-12s and Il-14s, was stationed at the airfield.[2] It moved in 1971 to Petrovsk in Saratov Oblast.
In October 1990 the 1080th Red Banner Aviation Centre for Retraining of Personnel named for V.P. Chkalov (1080 UATsPLS,) was activated at Borisoglebsk. It was an amalgamation of the 796th Center for Preparation of Officers for Fighter and Fighter-Bomber Aviation, and the Borisoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots.[3] The Centre was subordinated to the Air Forces of the Moscow Military District.
The 1080 UATsPLS had the following components in 1990:
Holm's information reports that the 1080 UATsPLS was disbanded in 1997 and the awards (presumably the Order of the Red Banner and the title 'in the name of V.P. Chkalov') were transferred to the 4th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Crews VVS at Lipetsk. His information also suggests that the remnants of the 1080th Centre remained as the Borisoglebsk Aviation Garrison, which was disbanded in 2000.
The 160th Training Aviation Regiment remained active.
On 14 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the airbase was struck by a large-scale Ukrainian drone attack, damaging at least two hangars and potentially damaging two fighter aircraft, according to post-attack damage analysis by the New York Times and the Associated Press.[5] [6]