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Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Native Name: | Громово |
Location: | Gromovo, Leningrad Oblast |
Country: | Russia |
Type: | Air Base |
Coordinates: | 60.7133°N 30.1117°W |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Leningrad Oblast#Russia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Leningrad Oblast |
Pushpin Label: | Gromovo |
Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Controlledby: | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army |
Used: | 1953 - present |
Footnotes: | RU-2249 |
Icao: | ULLJ |
Elevation: | 70m (230feet) |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Length: | 2500m (8,200feet) |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Gromovo is a airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces located at Gromovo, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
The base was home to the 180th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Leningrad Special Air Defence Army and then 6th Independent Air Defence Army between 1953 and 2002.[1] It received the Mikoyan MiG-31 (ASCC: Foxhound) in 1988. It is currently home to the 33rd Independent Transport Composite Aviation Regiment.[2]