Donskoye (air base) explained

Donskoye
Ensign:Naval ensign of Russia.svg
Ensign Size:90px
Location:Donskoye, Kaliningrad Oblast
Country:Russia
Type:Air Base
Pushpin Map:Russia Kaliningrad Oblast#Russia
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast
Pushpin Label:Donskoye
Ownership:Ministry of Defence
Operator:Russian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlledby:Baltic Fleet
Used:1945 - present
Elevation:50m (160feet)
R1-Number:02/20
R1-Length:500m (1,600feet)
R1-Surface:Concrete

Donskoye (also Bryusterort or Donskoe) is an air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 1 km east of Donskoye.

The base is home to the 72nd Guards Aviation Base.[1]

It probably dates back to World War II, and is located nearly at Russia's most extreme western point. The facility contains 25 aircraft pads. Its original length was 2000m, but only 500m remains. Its pads are occupied by a number of helicopters.

The base was used by the:

Units stationed at Donskoye in the early 1990s included 396 OKPLVP (396th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment) flying 22 Kamov Ka-27 (ASCC: Helix) helicopters; and 745 OPLVP (745th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment), which joined in 1958,[5] flying 15 Mil Mi-14 (ASCC: Haze) helicopters [6] and 5 Kamov Ka-25 (ASCC: Hormone) helicopters.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russian Naval Aviation - Donskoye . Scramble.nl. 1 January 2023.
  2. Web site: 28th Guards Leningradskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. 1 January 2023.
  3. Web site: 68th Guards Klaypedskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. 1 January 2023.
  4. Web site: 72nd Guards Polotskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. 1 January 2023.
  5. Web site: 745th independent Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiment. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. 1 January 2023.
  6. Web site: Aviatsiya VMF . Aviabaza KPOI .