Konotop is an air base in

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located 4 km west of

Konotop Konotop ( ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine. Konotop serves as the administrative center of Konotop Raion within the oblast. Konotop is located about from Sumy, the administrative center of the oblast. It is host to Konotop Ai ...

. It is a training base. During the end of the

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years, it was home to 105 UAP (105th Aviation Training Regiment) flying 101

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training jets. Many helicopters and jet trainers are parked on a grassy area, and appear unused. The base became a part of the territory taken in the

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. It is uncertain whether the base is in use, being approximately 25 km from the frontline.

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Soviet military air bases in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Former military air bases in Ukraine {{Sumy-geo-stub

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