Horodok Air Base () (also known as Gorodok Air Base, Cherlyany Air Base, and Cherlyane Air Base) was an

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located 5 km southeast of Horodok. It was a fighter base with revetted areas, 26 km southwest of

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. The base was home to the: * 3rd Guards Rostov-Donskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between July 1945 and June 1949 under the

Soviet Air Forces The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...

. During the 1970s or early 1980s it hosted a regiment of

Sukhoi Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...

(Fencer) aircraft.

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