Zherdevka (also Zerdevka) is a disused

interceptor aircraft An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are ...

air base in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

located east of

Zherdevka Zherdevka (russian: Жердевка) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia. ;Urban localities *Zherdevka, Tambov Oblast, a town in Zherdevsky District of Tambov Oblast ;Rural localities * Zherdevka, Belgorod Oblast, a '' khut ...

Tambov Oblast Tambov Oblast (russian: Тамбо́вская о́бласть, ''Tambovskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tambov. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,091,994. Ge ...

. It was home to the 14th Guards Leningrad Twice Red Banner Order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment (14th Guards IAP) which flew

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the ...

E (NATO: Fulcrum) aircraft from April 21, 1991 until 1999. The regiment was part of the

16th Air Army The 16th Red Banner Air Army (russian: 16-я воздушная Краснознамённая армия) was the most important formation of the Special Purpose Command. Initially formed during the Second World War as a part of the Soviet Air F ...

. In 1998 (Butuwski) or 1999 (M. Holm), the regiment moved to Khalino, near

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German str ...

. 123rd Training Aviation Regiment used the site between 1952 and 1990. 35th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1992 and 1996 with the MiG-29.

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