Shadrinsk (also Sadrinsk) is an former air base in

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located 6 km southeast of

Shadrinsk Shadrinsk (russian: Ша́дринск) is a town in Kurgan Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Iset River ( Ob's basin) northwest of Kurgan. Population: History Shadrinsk was founded in 1662 as an agricultural and trade set ...

. It was home to 600th Military-Transport Aviation Regiment using the

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aircraft between 1992 and 1998 as part of the 18th Guards Military-Transport Aviation Division.

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