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.