Voronezh Malshevo (air base)
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Voronezh Malshevo | |||||||
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| Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Satellite imagery of Voronezh Malshevo air base | |||||||
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.svg)  Voronezh Malshevo Shown within Voronezh Oblast, Russia  Voronezh Malshevo Voronezh Malshevo (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 51°37′29″N 39°07′53″E / 51.62472°N 39.13139°E | ||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
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| In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
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| Identifiers | ICAO: UUOW | ||||||
| Elevation | 153 metres (502 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Voronezh Malshevo is an air base in Voronezh Oblast of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Western Military District. The base is also known as Malshevo, Mal'shevo, Voronezh Southwest, Voronezh Baltimor[citation needed] and Baltimore.[1] The base is home to the 47th Composite Guards Aviation Regiment which operates two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-34s (ASCC: Fullback).[2]
As of 2024[update] satellite imagery shows runway 11/29 extended to 3.60 km.
History
[edit]As of November 2024[update] Google Street View shows a sign at the air base entrance 1912-2012 and 100 Лет (100 years).
Up until late 2009 it was the home of the 105th Composite Aviation Division and 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment,[3] both with 16th Air Army/Special Purpose Command, the air forces command of the Moscow Military District. Following the air force reforms of 2009–10, it became the headquarters of the 7000th Air Base.
Warfare.ru says:[4] "unit # 23326. 7000th Guard Borisov-Pomeransk Double Red Banner Order Suvorov Airbase. Address: 394055, Voronezh. ex 105 comb div + 455 bbr, 183, 47 recce, 89 attack rgts. Planned staff 2009: 24 Su-24M, 4 An-30, 1 Mi-8, ? 2 Su-34. 2010: 2 sqdn Su-24M, 1 sqdn Su-24MR, Mig-25RB + An-30. 20.10.2011 Su-24 crashed during landing in Amur distr, pilots dead."
The Natural Resources Defense Council listed it as a nuclear bomber base in a nuclear war study. However, no other sources on Long-Range Aviation list it as a bomber base.
On 9 November 2020 on the base a private allegedly killed an officer with an axe, used the officer's service pistol to fatally shoot two others and to wound a fourth before being detained. Accounts as to the background and motive include an altercation during an inspection, the suspect being beaten by his superiors and hazing.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rathbone, John Paul; Ivanova, Polina (2 January 2023). "Russia admits to deadly outcome of Ukrainian strike on military barracks". Financial Times. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "Russian Air Force today - Russian Western Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
- ^ Holm, Michael. "105th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Division". www.ww2.dk. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ http://www.warfare.ru/?linkid=2238&catid=239, accessed August 2012
- ^ "Three Russian soldiers killed in shooting on base near Voronezh". BBC Online. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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