Donskoye (also Bryusterort or Donskoe) is an air base in

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, located 1 km east of Donskoye. The base is home to the 72nd Guards Aviation Base. It probably dates back to

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, and is located nearly at Russia's most extreme western point. The facility contains 25 aircraft pads. Its original length was 2000m, but only 500m remains. Its pads are occupied by a number of helicopters. The base was used by the: * 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1947. * 68th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1947. * 72nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment during 1945. Units stationed at Donskoye in the early 1990s included 396 OKPLVP (396th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment) flying 22 Kamov Ka-27 (ASCC: Helix) helicopters; and 745 OPLVP (745th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment), which joined in 1958, flying 15 Mil Mi-14 (ASCC: Haze) helicopters and 5 Kamov Ka-25 (ASCC: Hormone) helicopters.

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