Dzhida (russian: Джида) is a former military air base of the

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. It was located in the town of Dzhida, and featured a large fighter base with small

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groups scattered around the airfield. Dzhida has been home to: * 2 Gv BAP (2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying

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M aircraft (1969 - 2010). * 21 BAP (21st Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 (1969 - 1983). The airfield's name has sometimes erroneously appeared as Eleagnus, the Russian form of the

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name for the plant '' Elaeagnus'', known as ''dzhida'' in Russian. The name Dzhida is not derived from the ''Elaeagnus'' plant, but from the Buryat language term ''ƶede'', meaning

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