Dzhida
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Dzhida | |||
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IATA: - ICAO: | |||
Summary | |||
Airport type | military | ||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
Serves | Dzhida | ||
Elevation AMSL | 1968 ft (600 m) | ||
Coordinates | |||
Runways | |||
Direction | Length | Surface | |
ft | m | ||
8202 | 2500 | Concrete |
Dzhida (also given as Nyangi or Eleagnus) is an air base in the Lake Baikal region of Russia. It is a large fighter base with small revetment groups scattered around airfield.
It has been home to:
- 2 Gv BAP (2nd Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24M aircraft as recently as [1991] [1].
- 21 BAP (21st Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24.
On rare occasion the airfield's name appears as Eleagnus, which is Latin for the Russian word dzhida.
[edit] References
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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