Tambov air base

Tambov
Tambov/Vostochniy
Tambov; Tambov/Vostochniy
Тамбов/Восточный
Tambov, Tambov Oblast in Russia
	Satellite imagery of Tambov air base
	Tu-134UB parked up[clarification needed]
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	Long-Range Aviation
Location
	Tambov Shown within Tambov Oblast Tambov Tambov (Russia)
Coordinates	52°42′10″N 41°22′25″E / 52.70278°N 41.37361°E
Site history
Built	1954
In use	1954 - present
Airfield information
Elevation	169 metres (554 ft) AMSL
Runways
16/34	2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Tambov is an air base in Russia located 4 km southwest of Tambov. It is a bomber training base with many Tupolev Tu-134UBL aircraft.

The base is home to the 27th Composite Aviation Regiment with the Antonov An-12 (ASCC: Cub), Antonov An-26 (ASCC: Curl) & Tupolev Tu-134UBL(UBSh) (ASCC: Crusty) which is part of the 43rd Guards Oryol Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Long-Range Aviation Flight Personnel.^[1]

History

Yefim Gordon's MiG-23/27 book^[2] refers to a 652 UAP (652nd Aviation Training Regiment) stationed at Tambov/Vostochnyy^[when?] flying 96 Aero L-29 Delfín (ASCC: Maya).

Tambov used to be^[when?] home to 4255 BRS flying Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (ASCC: Flogger) aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

Tambov used to be^[when?] the location of the 301st Aircraft Repair Factory (ARZ) which became the 3119th Aviation Base for the Storage and Disposal of Aviation Equipment in mid-2001.^[3] Hundreds of fast jets may have been stored for disposal here at sometime in the past.^{[according to whom?]}