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| Donskoye | |||||||
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| Donskoye,Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia | |||||||
Satellite imagery of Donskoye air base | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Navy -Russian Naval Aviation | ||||||
| Controlled by | Baltic Fleet | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
| Coordinates | 54°56′12″N19°59′6″E / 54.93667°N 19.98500°E /54.93667; 19.98500 | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1945 (1945) | ||||||
| In use | 1945 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 50 metres (164 ft)AMSL | ||||||
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Donskoye (alsoBryusterort orDonskoe) is an air base inKaliningrad Oblast,Russia, located 1 km east ofDonskoye.
The base is home to the72nd Guards Aviation Base.[1]
It probably dates back toWorld War II, and is located nearly atRussia's most extreme western point. The facility contains 25 aircraft pads. Its original length was 2000m, but only 500m remains. Its pads are occupied by a number of helicopters.
The base was used by the:
Units stationed at Donskoye in the early 1990s included 396 OKPLVP (396th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment) flying 22Kamov Ka-27 (ASCC: Helix) helicopters; and 745 OPLVP (745th Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment), which joined in 1958,[5] flying 15Mil Mi-14 (ASCC: Haze) helicopters[6] and 5Kamov Ka-25 (ASCC: Hormone) helicopters.
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