Michurinsk | |
Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast |
Country: | Russia |
Type: | Air Base |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Tambov Oblast#Russia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Tambov Oblast |
Pushpin Label: | Michurinsk |
Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Used: | 1952 - present |
Icao: | XUWM |
Elevation: | 164m (538feet) |
R1-Number: | 17/35 |
R1-Length: | 2200m (7,200feet) |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Michurinsk (also given as Michurinsk Northwest, and Kozlov (before 1932)) is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk. It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield.
The base is to the 644th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the Aero L-39C Albatros as part of the 786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.[1]
The training unit at Michurinsk is 644 UAP (644th Aviation Training Regiment) equipped with 108 Aero L-29 Delfin aircraft listed as of the early 1990s.[2] It has also been equipped recently with Su-24, Su-25, and MiG-29 aircraft.[3] The 644th Training Aviation Regiment was part of the 786th Training Centre, headquartered at Borisoglebsk, in 2008, according to Kommersant-Vlast.