Borisoglebsk (also Borisoglebsk East) is an air base in Voronezh Oblast,
Russia
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located 6 km east of
Borisoglebsk
Borisoglebsk (russian: Борисогле́бск) is a town in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Vorona River near its confluence with the Khopyor. Population: 65,000 (1969).
History
Borisoglebsk was founded in 1 ...
. It is a small military airfield.
The base is home to
160th Training Aviation Regiment which flies the
Sukhoi Su-25 and
Yakovlev Yak-130
The Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a potential light attac ...
of the
786th Aviation Training Centre for the Training of Flight Personnel.
From 1960 to 1971 the
478th Training Aviation Regiment 478th may refer to:
*478th Aeronautical Systems Wing (478 ASW), wing of the United States Air Force based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio
*478th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit
*478th Tactical Fighter Squadr ...
, initially flying
Ilyushin Il-12
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Design and development
The Il-12 was developed as a priv ...
s and
Il-14s, was stationed at the airfield. It moved in 1971 to
Petrovsk in Saratov Oblast.
In October 1990 the 1080th Red Banner Aviation Centre for Retraining of Personnel named for
V.P. Chkalov (1080 UATsPLS,