List of Soviet Air Force bases

This List of Soviet Air Force bases is a list containing all air bases within the Soviet Union or utilized by the Soviet Air Forces. Additional information includes the location of the air base, which military units were in command of or hosted at the air base, and aircraft types known to have been based at the air base. Dates shown indicate years during which units and aircraft were known to be at that airbase. If none is indicated, the date is unknown.

Map of Air Force bases of the Soviet union

In Russia the airbase naming convention seems to be to use the nearest village name, or in the case of a large city, use a numerical designator, i.e. Severomorsk-2. Quite often they are just referred to as, variously, "Tiksi aerodrome" and "Tiksi air base" (uncapitalized). This is also the convention that is used in declassified FOIA documents in the CIA archive website. Therefore, the construction 'X Air Base' or 'X Air Force Base' in regard to the USSR and Russian Federation appears to be incorrect.

Bases within the Soviet Union

Air BaseNearest TownKrai/OblastSSRCommandUnitAircraftNotes
AfrikandaAfrikandaMurmansk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)431 IAP39 Su-15TM, 1990[1]
Aktepe-BezmeinAshgabatTurkmenistanPVO - 12th Independent Air Defense Army (Turkestan Military District)152 IAPMiG-23M, MiG-25PD[2]
AmdermaAmdermaNenets Autonomous OkrugRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)72 GVIAP31 MiG-31, 1990[3]
AndreapolAndreapolTver OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District28 GVIAP38 MiG-23, 1990[4]
ArmavirArmavirKrasnodar KraiRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District713 UAP(MiG-23, Mi-8), 1994[5]
ArtemArtyomPrimorsky KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)22 IAPMiG-23
ArtsyzArtsyzOdessa OblastUkraineVTA - Military Transport Aviation37 GVVTAPAn-12 & Il-76MD[6]
AshchebutakNovoorskOrenburg OblastRussia[7]
AstrakhanAstrakhanAstrakhan OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District116 Combat Training Center
209 IAP
(MiG-23, MiG-29, Mi-8), 1994
(MiG-23, Su-27), 1994
?
Beketovsk (Volgograd)VolgogradVolgograd OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District706 UAP(L-39), 1994Katcha Air Force Academy, 1994[8]
BalbasovoOrshaVitebsk RegionBelarusDA - Long-Range Aviation402 TBAP20 Tu-22M3[9]
BaranovichiBaranavichyBrest RegionBelarusPVO - 2nd Air Defence Army61 IAP13 MiG-25PDS and 25 MiG-23MLD, 1990To Belarusian Air Force 1992.[10]
BaranovichiBaranavichyBrest RegionBelarusDA - Long-Range Aviation203 TBAP30 Tu-22, Tu-22PD[11]
BelayaUsolye-SibirskoyeIrkutsk OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation303 TBAP
1225 TBAP
Tu-22M as of 1994?
[12]
Belaya TserkovBila TserkvaKyiv OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation251 ITBAPTu-22M, Tu-16, Tu-22.[13]
BelbekSevastopolCrimeaUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)62 IAP39 Su-15TM, 1990[14]
BesovetsBesovetsRepublic of KareliaRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)991 IAP
159 GVIAP
Su-15TM
35 Su-27, 1990
[15]
[16]
Bezrechnaya-2BorzyaZabaykalsky KraiRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army22 IAPSu-15TM[17]
BobrovichiKalinkavichyGomel RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)953 BAPSu-24Relocated to Kamenka air base, Kamenka, Penza Oblast in 1994.[18]
BobrovkaKinelSamara OblastRussiaPVO - 4th Army683 IAP38 MiG-23, 1994[19]
BobruyskBabruyskMogilev RegionBelarusDA - Long-Range Aviation200 TBAP15 Tu-22M, 15 Tu-16[20]
Bolshoye SavinoPermPerm KraiRussiaPVO - 4th Army764 IAP(MiG-25), 1994. 38 MiG-23 (later MiG-31)[21]
BorisoglebskBorisoglebskVoronezh OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District160 UAP25 MiG-29 and 60 MiG-21, 1990[22][23]
Borisovsky KhotilovoBologoyeTver OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District790 IAP38 MiG-25, 1990[24]
Bratsk AirportBratskIrkutsk OblastRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army350 IAPMiG-31[25]
Burevestnik (Iturup)Iturup IslandSakhalin OblastRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)387 IAPMiG-23?
ButurlinovkaButurlinovskyVoronezh OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District186 UAP45 Su-25, 1990[26][23]
Chervonoglinskaya (Artsyz)ArtsyzOdesa OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)737 IAP36 MiG-23MLD, 1990[27]
Chirchik-AndizhanAndijanAndijan RegionUzbekistanPVO - 12th Independent Air Defense Army (Turkestan Military District)9 GVIAP32 Su-27 / Su-15[28]
ChkalovskShchyolkovoMoscow OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation70 OITAPON
353 APON
354 APON
Il-18, Il-76MDK, Tu-104, Tu-134, Tu-154,
Aero L-29 & Aero L-39
Il-76MD, Il-86, Il-62, Tu-134, Tu-154 & An-72
An-12, An-24, An-26, Il-22 & Il-76
[29]
[30]
[31]
ChuguyevkaChuguyevsky DistrictPrimorsky KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)530 IAPMiG-31, MiG-25[32]
DanilovoYoshkar-OlaMari ElRussiaPVO - 4th Army681 IAP38 MiG-23, 1994[33]
DaugavpilsLocikiAugšdaugava MunicipalityLatvia372 APIBMiG-23, MiG-27[34]
Dnepropetrovsk/KaydakiDniproDnipropetrovsk OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)933 IAP40 MiG-25P/PD/PDS, 1990[35]
Dolinsk-SokolDolinskSakhalin OblastRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)365 IAP
777 IAP
MiG-31, Su-27
MiG-23
(Feskovz)
[36]
DolonSemeyAbai RegionKazakhstanDA - Long-Range Aviation1223 GV
1226 GV
Tu-95MS, Tu-95M?
[37]
DombarovskyYasnyOrenburg OblastRussiaPVO - 4th Army412 IAPMiG-23[38]
DorokhovoBezhetskTver OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District611 IAP39 Su-15TM, 1990[39]
Dyagilevo (Ryazan)RyazanRyazan OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation49 UTBAP
43 TSBPPLS
Tu-22M, Tu-95MS, Tu-9, L-39C, L-29
Tu-95U and L-39C as of 1994
Tu-22M and L-29
[40]
[41]
DzemgiKomsomolsk-na-AmureKhabarovsk KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)60 IAPSu-27[42]
Dzhida (Elaegnus)DzhidaBuryatiaRussiaFA - 23rd Air Army2 GVBAP
21 BAP
Su-24[43]
[44]
DzhankoyDzhankoiDzhankoi RaionUkraineVTA - Military Transport Aviation369 VTAPAn-12 & Il-76MD[45]
Engels-2EngelsSaratov OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation1096 TBAP
1230 APSZ
Tu-160 and Tu-134UBL (post-1994). Tu-22, Il-78, ZMD, ZMS-2[46]
[47]
FerganaFerganaFergana RegionUzbekistanVTA - Military Transport Aviation194 GVVTAPIl-76, An-22[48]
Gromovo/SakkolaGromovoLeningrad OblastRussiaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army180 GVIAP31 MiG-31, 1990[49]
GudautaGudautaAbkhaziaGeorgiaPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)171 IAP
529 IAP
Su-15TM
34 Su-27
[50]
[51]
KanskKanskKrasnoyarsk KraiRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army712 IAPMiG-31[52]
Haapsalu/KhaansaluHaapsaluLääne CountyEstoniaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army425 IAP38 MiG-23MLD, 1990[53]
Ivanovo SevernyIvanovoIvanovo OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation81 VTAPAn-12 & An-22[54]
Kalinka AirfieldKhabarovsky DistrictKhabarovsk KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)301 IAPMiG-23[55]
Kapustin YarAstrakhan OblastRussiaStrategic Rocket Forces235th Separate SquadronMi-81994
KhalinoKurskKursk OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District472 IAP38 MiG-23, 1990[56]
Khanskaya/MaykopMaykopAdygeaRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District761 UAP(MiG-21, MiG-23), 1994[57]
Kilp YavrKilpyavrMurmansk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)941 IAP38 Su-27, 1990[58]
KirovCrimeaUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)136 IAPSu-27?
KėdainiaiDaukšiaiKaunas CountyLithuaniaVTA - Military Transport Aviation600 VTAPIl-12, An-12, & Il-76[59]
KlokovoTulaTula OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation374 VTAPIl-76, An-22[60]
KobrinKobrynBrest RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)397 OSHAP
302 OVE REB
32 Su-25, 1990
13 Mi-8, 1990
[61]
[62]
KotelnikovoKotelnikovoVolgograd OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District704 UAP47 MiG-21 and 54 L-39, 1990[63]
KramatorskKramatorskDonetsk OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)636 IAP39 Su-15TM, 1990[64]
KrasnodarKrasnodarKrasnodar KraiRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District802 UAP(Su-22, Su-24, Su-25, Mi-8), 1994[65]
Krechevitsy/NovgorodVeliky NovgorodNovgorod OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation110 VTAPAn-8, An-12 & Il-76[66]
KrichevKrychawMogilev RegionBelarusPVO - Moscow District28 IAP38 MiG-25, 1990[67]
Krivoi RogKrivoi RogDnipropetrovsk OblastUkraineVTA - Military Transport Aviation16 VTAPIl-76, An-22[68]
KropyvnytskyiKirovogradKirovograd OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation25 GVVTAP[69]
KrymskKrymskKrasnodar KraiRussiaPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)562 IAP35 Su-27, 1994[70]
KubinkaKubinkaMoscow OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District9th Fighter Aviation Division = 234 GVIAP16 Su-27, 15 MiG-29, 5 Su-24, 6 Su-25 and 3 Su-22, 1990[71][23]
KupinoKupinoNovosibirsk OblastRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army849 IAPMiG-23[72]
KushchyovskayaKushchyovskayaKrasnodar KraiRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District797 UAP108 MiG-21, 1990[73]
LebedovoPrivolzskySaratov OblastRussia[74]
Mikhailovka/LebyazhyeKamyshinVolgograd OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District1 GVAPIB(MiG-23, MiG-27, Su-24)arrived from Kunmadaras in Hungary April 1991.
Subordinate to the 1070th Training Aviation Centre, 1991-1994.[75]
LetneozerskyObozerskyArkhangelsk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)524 IAP39 MiG-25, 1990[76]
LidaLidaGrodno RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)HQ 1 GVBAD
497 BAP
n/a
29 Su-24, 1990
[77]
[78]
LipkiMinskMinsk OblastBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)50 OSAP21 Mi-8, 2 Mi-6, 2 Mi-24R, 1990To Belarusian Air Force 1992.[79]
Lodeynoye PoleLodeynoye PoleLeningrad OblastRussiaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army177 IAP38 MiG-23MLD, 1990[80]
LugovoeLugovoyJambyl RegionKazakhstanPVO - 12th Independent Air Defense Army (Turkestan Military District)715 IAPMiG-23M?
MachulishchiMachulishchyMinsk RegionBelarusPVO - 2nd Air Defence Army201 IAP38 MiG-23MLD, 1990To Belarusian Air Force 1992.[81]
MachulishchyMachulishchyMinsk RegionBelarusDA - Long-Range Aviation121 TBAPTu-22M[82]
MarinovkaMarinovkaVolgograd OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District168 GVBAP(Su-24), 1991-92 for disbandmentPreviously Bolshoy Shiraki in Georgia[83]
Marneuli/SanderMarneuliMarneuli MunicipalityGeorgiaPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)166 IAP40 Su-15TM, 1990[84]
Mary-2MaryTurkmenistan1521training center
MelitopolMelitopolZaporizhzhia OblastUkraineVTA - Military Transport Aviation25 GVVTAPIl-12D, An-12 & Il-76M[85]
MengonElbanAmur OblastRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)
MigalovoTverTver OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation8 VTAPAn-22[86]
MigalovoTverTver OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District9 FAD = 274 APIB40 Su-17M4, 1990[87][23]
MirgorodMyrhorodPoltava OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)831 IAP40 Su-27, 1990[88]
MonchegorskMonchegorskMurmansk OblastRussiaFA - Leningrad Military District98 OGRAP16 MiG-25 and 18 Su-17M3R, 1990[89]
MonchegorskMonchegorskMurmansk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)174 GVIAP29 MiG-31, 6 MiG-25, 1990[90]
MorozovskMorozovskRostov OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District143 BAP(Su-24), 1994Feskov: Kopitnari, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1988[91]
MorshanskTambov OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District153 IAP18 MiG-31 and 4 MiG-25, 1990[92]
MozdokMozdokNorth Ossetia–AlaniaRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation121 TBAP
182 TBAP
Tu-22M as of 1994. Tu-95MS16, Tu-95MS6?
[93]
NasosnayaSumqayitHacı ZeynalabdinAzerbaijanPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)82 IAP38 MiG-25[94]
Nebit-DagBalkanabatBalkan RegionTurkmenistanPVO - 12th Independent Air Defense Army (Turkestan Military District)179 GVIAPMiG-23M[95]
NivenskoyeKaliningradKaliningrad OblastRussiaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army689 GVIAP36 Su-27, 1990[96]
Nizhyn (Nezhin)NizhynChernihiv OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation199 ODRAPTu-22R, Tu-22RDK, Tu-22K, Tu-22[97]
Norilsk/AlykelNorilskKrasnoyarsk KraiRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)57 GVIAPSu-15TM[98]
NurmalitsyOlonetsRepublic of KareliaRussiaFA - Leningrad Military District88 OVE7 Mi-24, 7 Mi-8, 2 Mi-24K and 2 Mi-24R, 1990[99]
Omsk-SevernyyOmskOmsk OblastRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army64 IAPMiG-31[100]
OrlovkaSvobodnyAmur OblastRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)404 IAPMiG-29, Su-27MO PVO[101]
Osovcy/OsovitsyByarozaBrest RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)927 IAP51 MiG-29, 4 MiG-21, 1990To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 927th Fighter Aviation Base.[102]
OzerneOzerneZhytomyr OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation341 TBAPTu-22M2, Tu-22PD[103]
Ozernoye (Ozerne)OzerneZhytomyr OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)2-4 PVO, 894 IAP38 MiG-23MLD, 1990[104]
PanevezhisPanevėžysPanevėžys CountyLithuaniaVTA - Military Transport Aviation128 GVVTAPAn-12, Il-76M[105]
Panfilovo (Kalmanka)PanfilovoAltai KraiRussia44 UAPBarnaul VVAUL[106]
Pärnu(russian Пярнуский аэропорт)PärnuPärnu CountyEstoniaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army366 IAP
655 IAP
MiG-23
42 MiG-23MLD, 1990
?
[107]
Poduzhemye (Kem)KemRepublic of KareliaRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)265 IAP39 Su-15TM, 1990[108]
PoltavaPoltavaPoltava OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation185 TBAPTu-22M3[109]
PostavyPostavyVitebsk RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)305 BAP
378 OSHAP
30 Su-24, 1990
32 Su-25, 1990
[110]
To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 378th Aviation Base 1993 before disbandment 1995.[111]
PostovayaOktyabrskyKhabarovsk KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)308 IAPMiG-23[112]
PravdinskPravdinskNizhny Novgorod OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District786 IAP31 MiG-31 and 5 MiG-25, 1990[113]
Pribytki (Ziabrauka)GomelGomel RegionBelarusDA - Long-Range Aviation290 ODRAPTu-22RDM, 28 Tu-22R[114]
Primorsko-AkhtarskPrimorsko-AkhtarskKrasnodar KraiRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District960 UAP(L-39), 1994[115]
Privolzhskiy/VolgaAstrakhanAstrakhan OblastRussiaPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)209 IAP
393 IAP
38 MiG-23MLD, 1990[116]
PruzhanyPruzhanyBrest RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)206 OSHAP29 Su-25, 7 L-39, 1990To Belarusian Air Force 1992, relocated to Lida and reorganized as 206th Assault Aviation Base.[117]
PrylukiKyivChernihiv OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation184 TBAPTu-160, Tu-134UBL[118]
Pskov-KrestyPskovPskov OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation334 VTAPIl-76, An-22[119]
RaadiTartuTartu CountyEstoniaDA - Long-Range Aviation132 TBAPTu-22M3, Tu-16[120]
Raadi/TartuTartuTartu CountyEstoniaVTA - Military Transport Aviation196 GVVTAPTu-4D, An-12 & Il-76[121]
RakvereRakvereEstoniaVTA - Military Transport Aviation566 VTAP[122]
RogachevoRogachevoArkhangelsk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)641 GVIAP32 Su-27, 2 Mi-8, 1990[123]
RosRosGrodno RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)116 GVBAP30 Su-24 , 1991To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reorganized as 116th Guards Assault Aviation Base.[124]
Rostov-on-DonRostov-on-DonRostov OblastRussiaPVO - 19th Air Defence Army (Caucasus)83 GVIAP40 MiG-25PDS, 1990[125]
Rostov-na-DonuRostov-on-DonRostov OblastRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District83 GVIAP
359 Separate Transport Squadron?
40 MiG-25PDS, 1990
(Mi-26, Mi-8), 1994?
[126]
?
RūdininkaiVilniusLithuania
SalkaNizhny TagilSverdlovsk OblastRussiaPVO - 4th Army765 IAPSu-9 and later MiG-23[127]
SalmiRepublic of KareliaRussia?
Savasleyka (Savostleyka)VyksaNizhny Novgorod OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District148 TSBPPLS
54 GVIAP
Su-27, MiG-31, Mi-8, 1994
Su-27
[128]
[129][23]
SavatiyaKotlasArkhangelsk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)445 IAP41 MiG-25, 1990[130]
SchuchinShchuchynGrodno RegionBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)151 OAP REB
10 ORAP
27 MiG-25BM and 20 Yak-28PP, 1990
32 MiG-25, 6 Su-24 and 14 MiG-21, 1990
To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and disbanded 1993.[131]
To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and reduced to 3rd Squadron of 116th Guards Assault Aviation Base 1994.[132]
SeshchaDubrovkaBryansk OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation8 VTAP
235 VTAP
566 VTAP
An-12
An-124
An-12, An-22, Il-76
[133]
[134]
[135]
Semey (Semipalatinsk)SemeyAbai RegionKazakhstanPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army356 IAPMiG-31[136]
Sennoy (Bagay-Baranovka)SennoySaratov OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District9 FAD = 343 IIAP54 MiG-29, 1990[137][23]
Sharomy (air base)RussiaAV-MF
ShatalovoPochinokSmolensk OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District1046th Center for retraining of personnel
164 OGRAP
9 FAD = 32 GVIAP
17 MiG-25RB, 13 Su-24MR and 14 Su-17M3R, 1990
14 MiG-25RB and 12 Su-24MR, 1990
MiG-23MLD
[138]
[139]
[140][23]
Sinalepa/HaapsaluSinalepa/HaapsaluEstoniaVTA - Military Transport Aviation196 GVVTAP[141]
Siversky/SiverskayaSiverskyLeningrad OblastRussiaFA - Leningrad Military District67 BAP30 Su-24, 1990[142]
SlavgorodSlavgorodAltai KraiRussia59 UAPBarnaul VVAUL[143]
SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation103 GVVTAPLi-2, An-12, Il-14 & An-26[144]
SmolenskSmolenskSmolensk OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District401 IAPMiG-23P[145]
SmuravevoGdovPskov OblastRussiaFA - Leningrad Military District722 BAP30 Su-24, 1990[146]
Soltsy-2SoltsyNovgorod OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation840 TBAPTu-22M3 as of 1994[147]
Spassk-DalnySpassk-DalnyPrimorsky KraiRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation219 ODRAPTu-16R, Tu-16Z[148]
Sredne BelayaSrednebelayaAmur OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation194 GVVTAPLi-2[149]
StepyankaBelarusFA - 26th Air Army (Belorussian Military District)56 OPSAUCommand and control center. To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and became 56 OPS.
Stryy (Stryi)StryiLviv OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)179 IAP43 MiG-23MLD, 1990[150]
StryiStryiLviv OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation260 TBAPTu-22M3, Tu-16[151]
StupinoStupinoMoscow OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District436 OTAP7 Mi-8, 1990[152]
Taganrog-CentralTaganrogRostov OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation708 VTAPIl-76[153]
TaganrogTaganrogRostov OblastRussiaPVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)963 IAPIB
6236 Aircraft Handling Plant
116 Su-17, 1990
[154]
?
TalagiArkhangelskArkhangelsk OblastRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)518 IAP31 MiG-31, 1990[155]
TallinnTallinnEstoniaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army384 IAPMiG-23?
TambovTambovTambov OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District4255th Reserve Aircraft Depot[23]
TapaTapaLääne-Viru CountyEstoniaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army656 IAP38 MiG-23MLD, 1990[156]
TikhoretskTikhoretskKrasnodar KraiRussiaFA - North Caucasus Military District627 GVUAP(L-39), 1994[157]
TolmachevoObNovosibirsk OblastRussiaPVO - 14th Independent Air Defence Army849 IAPSu-9[158]
TopoduzhemeKareliaRussiaPVO - 10th Army (Arctic)265 IAPSu-27 1994(Vasquez & Feskov)?
TotskoyeTotskoyeOrenburg OblastRussiaFA - Moscow Military District281 IIAP66 MiG-23, 1990[159][23]
TunoshnaTunoshnaYaroslavl OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District415 IAP38 MiG-23, 1990[160]
Ukkurey (Nikolayevskoye)ChernyshevskChita OblastRussiaFA - 23rd Air Army193 OGRAPMiG-23RB[161]
UkrainkaBelogorskAmur OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation40 TBAP
79 TBAP
Tu-95K, Tu-95KM[162]
?
Ulyanovsk BaratayevkaUlyanovskUlyanovsk OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation235 VTAPAn-124[163]
UzynUzynKyiv OblastUkraineDA - Long-Range Aviation1006 TBAP
409 APSZ
Tu-95MS, Tu-95, Il-78[164]
?
VainodeVaiņodeKuldīga MunicipalityLatviaPVO - 6th Independent Air Defence Army54 GVIAP38 Su-27, 1990[165]
VasylkivVasylkivKyiv OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)146 GVIAP41 MiG-25/PD/PDS/PU, 1990[166]
Verkhnaya ZaimkaNizhneangarskBuryatiaRussia?
Vibetsk-NorthVitebskVitebsk RegionBelarusVTA - Military Transport Aviation339 VTAPTu-4D, An-12, Il-76MD (30 in 1991)To Belarusian Air Force 1992 and disbanded 1996.[167]
VozdvizhenkaUssuriyskPrimorsky KraiRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation444 TBAPTu-16[168]
Vyaz'maVyazmaSmolensk OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District45 IAPMiG-23PNot listed by Holm.
VypolzovoVypolzovoTver OblastRussiaVTA - Military Transport Aviation334 VTAP
566 VTAP
Li-2
?
[169]
[170]
Yefremov/EfremovYefremovTula OblastRussiaPVO - Moscow District191 IAP38 MiG-23, 1990[171]
Yelizovo-PetropavlovskPetropavlovsk-KamchatskyKamchatka KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)865 IAPMiG-31[172]
ZaporozhyeZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhia OblastUkraineVTA - Military Transport Aviation338 VTAPTu-4D, An-12 & Il-76MD[173]
Zaporozh'yeZaporizhzhiaZaporizhzhia OblastUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)738 IAPMiG-25PD[174]
ZavitinskZavitinskAmur OblastRussiaDA - Long-Range Aviation303 TBAPTu-22K[175]
ZhulyanyZhulianyKyivUkrainePVO - 8th Army (Black Sea)223 OSAPAn-24, An-26, Mi-8?
Zolotaya DolinaNakhodkaPrimorsky KraiRussiaPVO - 11th Independent Air Defence Army (Far East Military District)47 IAPSu-27[176]

Bases outside of the Soviet Union

Air BaseNearest TownRegionCountryUnitAircraftNotes
Al AnadSouth Yemen
AllstedtAllstedtSaxony-AnhaltEast Germany294 ORAP
225 OVP
292 OVEREB
[177]
[178]
[179]
SchönefeldSchönefeldBrandenburgEast Germany518 IAP
226 OSAP
9 GVIAP
[180]
[181]
[182]
BrandHalbeBrandenburgEast Germany116 GVBAP
668 BAP
296 APIB
277 BAP
[183]
[184]
[185]
[186]
BrandisBrandisSaxonyEast Germany485 OVP
357 OSHAP
497 BAP
393 GVIAP
559 APIB
684 GVIAP
239 OGVVP
225 OVP
845 IAP
337 OVP
197 GVVTAP
31 GVIAP
[187]
[188]
[189]
[190]
[191]
[192]
[193]
[194]
[195]
[196]
[197]
[198]
Chojna/ChoynaPoland582 IAP32 Su-27, 1990[199]
DamgartenRibnitz-DamgartenMecklenburg-VorpommernEast Germany773 IAP
515 IAP
19 GVAPIB
43 APIB
20 GVAPIB
33 IAP
263 IAP
156 IAP
813 IAP
[200]
[201]
[202]
[203]
[204]
[205]
[206]
[207]
[208]
Dresden-KlotzscheDresdenSaxonyEast Germany6 OVE
393 GVIAP
157 IAP
[209]
[210]
[211]
Dresden-HellerauHellerauSaxonyEast Germany6 OVE[212]
Falkenberg (Alt Lönnewitz)East Germany296 APIB
684 GVIAP
968 IAP
32 GVIAP
641 GVIAP
137 GVIAP
86 GVIAP
85 GVIAP
31 GVIAP
73 GVIAP
[213]
[214]
[215]
[216]
[217]
[218]
[219]
[220]
[221]
[222]
FinsterwaldeEast Germany393 GVIAP
34 BAP
911 APIB
559 APIB
[223]
[224]
[225]
[226]
FinowEast Germany41 OVE
868 IAP
668 BAP
33 IAP
787 IAP
34 BAP
393 GVIAP
277 BAP
67 GVIAP
730 APIB
347 IAP
[227]
[228]
[229]
[230]
[231]
[232]
[233]
[234]
[235]
[236]
[237]
GrossenhainEast Germany497 BAP
676 IAP
559 APIB
878 IAP
892 GVIAP
296 APIB
684 GVIAP
2 GVBAP
689 GVIAP
168 IAP
900 IAP
116 GVBAP
86 GVIAP
789 GVIAP
916 IAP
[238]
[239]
[240]
[241]
[242]
[243]
[244]
[245]
[246]
[247]
[248]
[249]
[250]
[251]
[252]
Hradčany
Mimon-Gradchany
RalskoLiberec RegionCzechoslovakia236 APIBMiG-27K[253]
Jüterbog Airfield ("Altes Lager")East Germany
KalocsaHungary396 GVVPMi-8[254]
KiskunlacházaHungary14 GVIAP34 MiG-29 and 9 MiG-23UM, 1990[255]
KluczewoPoland239 IAD HQ
159 GVIAP
n/a
35 Su-27, 1990
[256]
[257]
KoethenEast Germany73 GVIAPMiG-29[258] Shaykovka 1994. Former 296th Fighter Regiment; Lydia Litvyak flew with this unit.
KolobrzegPoland871 IAP39 MiG-23MLD, 1990[259]
KrzywaPoland3 BAP20 Su-24, 1990[260]
KunmadarasHungary1 GVAPIB32 MiG-27 and 10 MiG-23, 1990[261]
LärzMirowEast Germany
Leipzig-Altenburg AirportEast Germany
Magdeburg–Cochstedt AirportEast Germany
MahlwinkelEast Germany
MerseburgEast Germany
MiloviceMiloviceCentral Bohemian RegionCzechoslovakia114 IAP10 MiG-29 and 26 MiG-23, 1990[262]
NeuruppinEast Germany
NohraEast Germany
Alt Daber AirfieldEast Germany
OranienburgEast Germany
ParchimEast Germany
SármellékHungary5 GVIAPMiG-29[263]
Sliač/SliachSliačBanská Bystrica RegionCzechoslovakia114 IAPMiG-21[262]
Sperenberg AirfieldEast Germany
StendalEast Germany
SzprotawaPoland149 BAD HQ
89 BAP
n/a
24 Su-24, 1990
[264]
[265]
Templin (Groß Dölln)East Germany
TökölHungary515 IAPMiG-21bis[266]
Tutow (Demmin)East Germany
Welzow (Neu Welzow)East GermanyEast Germany
WerneuchenEast Germany
Wittstock Air BaseEast Germany
ZerbstEast Germany
Żagań/ZhaganPoland42 GVBAP25 Su-24, 1990[267]

Notes

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