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Coordinates: 50°9′0″N 032°32′0″E / 50.15000°N 32.53333°E / 50.15000; 32.53333
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'''Velyka Krucha''' was an [[air base]] near [[Chernihiv]], [[Ukraine]] located in [[Velyka Krucha]] village, 10 km south of [[Pyriatyn]]. It was a training base, and has been largely abandoned.
'''Velyka Krucha''' was an [[air base]] near [[Chernihiv]], [[Ukraine]] located in [[Velyka Krucha]] village, 10 km south of [[Pyriatyn]]. It was a training base, and has been largely abandoned.


Units stationed at Velikaya Krucha include the 443 UAP (443rd Aviation Training Regiment) flying 101 [[Aero L-39|L-39]] jet trainers during the early 1990s.
Units stationed at Velikaya Krucha include the 443 UAP (443rd Aviation Training Regiment) flying 101 [[Aero L-39|L-39]] jet trainers during the early 1990s. Through the late 1980s and 1990s the 443rd Regiment was part of the Kharkhov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, in turn itself part of the [[17th Air Army]].


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Revision as of 23:11, 29 November 2012

Velikaya Krucha
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorSoviet Air Forces
LocationPyriatyn
Elevation AMSL384 ft / 117 m
Coordinates50°9′0″N 032°32′0″E / 50.15000°N 32.53333°E / 50.15000; 32.53333
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6,562 2,000 Concrete

Velyka Krucha was an air base near Chernihiv, Ukraine located in Velyka Krucha village, 10 km south of Pyriatyn. It was a training base, and has been largely abandoned.

Units stationed at Velikaya Krucha include the 443 UAP (443rd Aviation Training Regiment) flying 101 L-39 jet trainers during the early 1990s. Through the late 1980s and 1990s the 443rd Regiment was part of the Kharkhov Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, in turn itself part of the 17th Air Army.