Domna
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| Domna | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: - ICAO: | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | Chita | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2280 ft (695 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8202 | 2500 | Concrete | |
Domna is a Russian Air Force base in Chita, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
Units stationed at Domna include:
- 733 BAP (733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft in the early 1990s.
- 120 BAP (120th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 aircraft in the 1990s through 2000s [1].
- 125 Gv ORAP (125th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3R in the late 1980s and as many as 26 Su-24MR aircraft around 1990.
- 114 BAP (114th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft; decommissioned around 1992.
Domna means "blast furnace" in Russian.
[edit] References
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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