Ovruch (also Ovruch Southwest) is an air base in

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located 8 km southwest of

Ovruch Ovruch ( uk, Овруч, pl, Owrucz, yi, , russian: О́вруч) is a city in Korosten Raion, in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Prior to 2020, it was the administrative center of the former Ovruch Raion (district). It ha ...

. There are three large parking areas for fighters. The base appears to have capacity for about 50

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. In 1993, the military unit was transferred to the village of , Horodok Raion. The airbase itself is used for purpose of storage and utilization of airplanes.

Staffing

Units stationed at Ovruch include the

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, with just over 140

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aircraft as of 1992).

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