Totskoye air base explained

Totskoye
Ensign:Flag of the Russian Air Force.svg
Ensign Size:90px
Location:Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast
Country:Russia
Type:Air Base
Pushpin Map:Russia Orenburg Oblast#Russia
Pushpin Map Caption:Shown within Orenburg Oblast
Pushpin Label:Totskoye
Ownership:Ministry of Defence
Operator:Russian Air Force
Used:1976 - present?
Icao:XWOT
Elevation:90m (300feet)
R1-Number:09/27
R1-Length:2500m (8,200feet)
R1-Surface:Concrete

Totskoye (also Totskoe) is an air base in Russia located four kilometres southeast of Totskoye. It is a standard military air base with small number of revetments in a separate area.

In 1976 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was established at the base. It was redesignated the 281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (281 IIAP) in 1989.

In mid-May 1992 the 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (833 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft relocated from Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany [51 59 45N, 12 58 57E].[1] It had been stationed in Juterbog since October 1953. It was quickly disbanded.[2] In 1994 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, then with a reported 66 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft,[3] was disbanded.

Totskoye now hosts the 2881st Reserve Helicopter Base (2881 BRV) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.[4]

There were 56 stored helicopters and five operational helicopters according to Google Earth high-resolution imagery made in 2003. Google Earth images from 29-08-2012 however shows an abandoned airfield.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Russian Aviation Regiments 1941- . David R. Hames .
  2. http://www.ww2.dk/new/
  3. Web site: 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK . Brinkster.com .
  4. Book: Butowski, Pyotr . Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation . AIRtime Publishing, Inc . 2004 .