Brody Air Base

Brody
Brody, Lviv Oblast in Ukraine
Brody is located in Lviv Oblast
Brody
Brody
Shown within Lviv Oblast
Brody is located in Ukraine
Brody
Brody
Brody (Ukraine)
Coordinates50°8′0″N 025°10′0″E / 50.13333°N 25.16667°E / 50.13333; 25.16667
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUkrainian Army Aviation
Controlled by16th Separate Army Aviation Regiment
Site history
In useUnknown - present
Battles/wars2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: UKBL
Elevation240 metres (787 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
08/26 1,935 metres (6,348 ft) Concrete

Brody (ICAO: UKBL) is an air base of Ukrainian Army Aviation located near Brody, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

The base is home to the 16th Separate Army Aviation Brigade flying Mil Mi-8, Mil Mi-9 & Mil Mi-24 aircraft.[1][2]

The base was used by the:

  • 807th Assault Aviation Regiment which became the 807th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment in 1956, it then became the 55th independent Helicopter Regiment in 1961. (August 1945 - April 1981)[3]
  • 119th independent Helicopter Regiment of the 13th Army (Soviet Union) (1981 - 1992)[4]
Petro Poroshenko on a working trip to Lviv region

References

  1. ^ "Ukraine Air Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  2. ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. August 2022. p. 44.
  3. ^ "55th independent Sevastopolskiy Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  4. ^ "119th independent Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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