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Gvardeyskoye (air base)

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Gvardeyskoye (air base)

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Gvardeyskoye or Hvardiiske (Russian: Гвардейское; or Ukrainian: Гвардійське) is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion, in Russian occupied Crimea, Ukraine.

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The history of flying here began in the 1930s when Polikarpov Po-2s were flown.

The base is home to the 37th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment, which flies the Sukhoi Su-24M (ASCC: Fencer) and the Sukhoi Su-25SM/25UB (ASCC: Frogfoot) under the 27th Composite Aviation Division as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.^[1]

The base was home to the 43rd Independent Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment from 1990.^[2] It came under the control of the Black Sea Fleet.^[3]

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See also

List of military airbases in Russia

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