Totskoye air base

Totskoye (also Totskoe) is an air base in Russia located four kilometres southeast of Totskoye. It is a standard military air base with small number of revetments in a separate area.

Totskoye
Totskoye, Orenburg Oblast in Russia
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location
Totskoye Shown within Orenburg Oblast Show map of Orenburg Oblast Totskoye Totskoye (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	52°30′6″N 052°46′48″E
Site history
In use	1976 - present?
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XWOT
Elevation	90 metres (295 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 09/27 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

In 1976 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment was established at the base. It was redesignated the 281st Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (281 IIAP) in 1989.

In mid-May 1992 the 833rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (833 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft relocated from Jüterbog-Altes Lager, Germany [51 59 45N, 12 58 57E].^[1] It had been stationed in Juterbog since October 1953. It was quickly disbanded.^[2]

In 1994 the 281st Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment, then with a reported 66 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 aircraft,^[3] was disbanded.

Totskoye now hosts the 2881st Reserve Helicopter Base (2881 BRV) storing Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters.^[4]

There were 56 stored helicopters and five operational helicopters according to Google Earth high-resolution imagery made in 2003. Google Earth images from 29-08-2012 however shows an abandoned airfield.