Dorokhovo (air base) explained

Dorokhovo
Bezhetsk-Dorokhov
Ensign:Flag of the Russian Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:90px
Location:Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast
Country:Russia
Type:Air Base
Pushpin Map:Russia Tver Oblast#Russia
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Tver Oblast
Pushpin Label:Dorokhovo
Ownership:Ministry of Defence
Operator:Russian Air Force
Used:1953 -
Elevation:143m (469feet)
R1-Number:13/31
R1-Length:2500m (8,200feet)
R1-Surface:Concrete

Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is a former air base in Bezhetsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It was 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 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment (611 IAP) flying 39 Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s.[1] It also had MiG-31 aircraft.[2] [3] From the 1960s to the 1990s the regiment was part of the 3rd Air Defence Corps of the Moscow Air Defence District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aviatsiya PVO . Aviabaza KPOI .
  2. Book: Butowski, Pyotr . Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation . AIRtime Publishing, Inc . 2004 .
  3. Web site: 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. 4 December 2022.