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Military aviation training air base in Ukraine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Okhtyrka was a military aviation training air base in Ukraine located 8 km east of Okhtyrka city in Sumy Oblast. Operated by the Soviet Air Forces and then the Ukrainian Air Force, it was home to the 809th Aviation Training Regiment, flying 102 L-39C aircraft.
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Okhtyrka | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 489 ft / 149 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°18′0″N 035°1′0″E | ||||||||||
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From 1961 - 1992 the regiment was part of the Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots.
The base ceased operations in 2004.[1]
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