Seshcha air base: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
add |
Buckshot06 (talk | contribs) expand Russian, iw |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Expand Russian|Сеща (аэродром)}} |
|||
{{Short description|Russian Air Force base in Rostov Oblast}} |
{{Short description|Russian Air Force base in Rostov Oblast}} |
||
{{Infobox military installation |
{{Infobox military installation |
||
| Line 30: | Line 31: | ||
| code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> |
| code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> |
||
| built = <!--{{Start date|YYYY}}--> |
| built = <!--{{Start date|YYYY}}--> |
||
| used = |
| used = circa 1931 - present |
||
| builder = |
| builder = |
||
| materials = |
| materials = |
||
| Line 66: | Line 67: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Seshcha''' is an [[air base]] near [[Dubrovka, Dubrovsky Settlement Administrative Okrug, Dubrovsky District, Bryansk Oblast|Dubrovka]], [[Bryansk Oblast]] of the [[Russian Air Force]] as part of [[Military Transport Aviation]]. |
'''Seshcha''' is an [[air base]] near [[Dubrovka, Dubrovsky Settlement Administrative Okrug, Dubrovsky District, Bryansk Oblast|Dubrovka]], [[Bryansk Oblast]] of the [[Russian Air Force]] as part of [[Military Transport Aviation]]. |
||
The airbase was placed in operations in the early 1930s. |
|||
The base is home to the '''566th Moscow Red Banner, order of Kutuzov, 1st class, Military Transport Aviation Regiment''' which flies the [[Antonov An-124 Ruslan|Antonov An-124]] (NATO: Condor) |
The base is home to the '''566th Moscow Red Banner, order of Kutuzov, 1st class, Military Transport Aviation Regiment''' which flies the [[Antonov An-124 Ruslan|Antonov An-124]] (NATO: Condor) |
||
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scramble.nl/planning/orbats/russian-federation/russian-federation-aerospace-forces#UUWD499|title= Seshcha (UUWD) |publisher=Scramble.nl|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> |
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scramble.nl/planning/orbats/russian-federation/russian-federation-aerospace-forces#UUWD499|title= Seshcha (UUWD) |publisher=Scramble.nl|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> The regiment arrived at the base in August 1958.<ref>Michael Holm, [https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/tap/566vtap.htm 566 VTAP], c2015.</ref> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{Reflist}} |
{{Reflist}} |
||
| ⚫ | |||
[[Category:Russian Air Force bases]] |
[[Category:Russian Air Force bases]] |
||
[[Category:Military installations established in the 1930s]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
Revision as of 18:06, 5 March 2022
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Seshcha | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubrovka, Bryansk Oblast in Russia | |||||||
  Seshcha Shown within Bryansk Oblast, Russia  Seshcha Seshcha (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 53°42′54″N 033°20′20″E / 53.71500°N 33.33889°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Military Transport Aviation | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | circa 1931 - present | ||||||
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UUWD | ||||||
| |||||||
Seshcha is an air base near Dubrovka, Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Air Force as part of Military Transport Aviation.
The airbase was placed in operations in the early 1930s.
The base is home to the 566th Moscow Red Banner, order of Kutuzov, 1st class, Military Transport Aviation Regiment which flies the Antonov An-124 (NATO: Condor) [1] The regiment arrived at the base in August 1958.[2]
References
- ^ "Seshcha (UUWD)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Michael Holm, 566 VTAP, c2015.