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Danilovo (air base)

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Danilovo
Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El in Russia
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Coordinates56°39′36″N 048°2′0″E / 56.66000°N 48.03333°E / 56.66000; 48.03333
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorStrategic Rocket Forces
Site history
Built1952 (1952)
In use1952 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: XWKD
Elevation117 metres (384 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
16/32 2,350 metres (7,710 ft) Concrete

Danilovo is an air base in Mari El Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Yoshkar-Ola. It was a small interceptor aircraft airfield, now used by a Helicopter Squadron of the Missile forces.

The base is currently home to the 108th independent Helicopter Squadron of the 14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division of the 27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army.

The base was home to the 681st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1952 and 1994.

References

  1. "108th independent Helicopter Squadron". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  2. "14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. "27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. "681st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 28 November 2022.


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