Horodok Air Base
Air base in Ukraine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Horodok Air Base (Ukrainian: Авіабаза «Городок») (also known as Gorodok Air Base, Cherlyany Air Base, and Cherlyane Air Base) was an air base in Ukraine located 5 km southeast of Horodok. It was a fighter base with revetted areas, 26 km southwest of Lviv.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2022) |
Quick Facts Horodok Авіабаза «Городок», Summary ...
Horodok Авіабаза «Городок» | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summary | |||||||||||
Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Horodok | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 896 ft / 273 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°44′18″N 023°40′6″E | ||||||||||
Map | |||||||||||
Runways | |||||||||||
|
Close
The base was home to the:
- 3rd Guards Rostov-Donskiy Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between July 1945 and June 1949 under the Soviet Air Forces.[1]
During the 1970s or early 1980s it hosted a regiment of Sukhoi Su-24 (Fencer) aircraft.[2]