RU-0764 Kubinka Air Base MVFR

  • Name
    Kubinka Air Base
  • ICAO / GPS
    RU-0764 / UUMB
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    4:04 pm (MSK)
  • Municipality
    Kubinka
  • Coordinates
    55° 36′ 42″ N 36° 39′ 0″ E
  • Elevation
    614 ft (187 m MSL)

About Kubinka Air Base

Kubinka (Russian: Кубинка) is an air base in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of Kubinka. In close proximity to Moscow, the Kubinka facility is generally home to the best squadrons of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The 82nd aviation detachment (separate) arrived at the base in 1935, joined in 1938 by the 11th and 24th Aviation Regiments. Personnel of these units field-tested the advanced Yak-1 and LaGG-3 fighters and defended Moscow during the Second World War. After the war, the base became home to the 324th Svirskaya Fighter Aviation Division from November 1945. In November 1950, the whole 324th Fighter Aviation Division was redeployed to Korea, and the base was taken over by the 9th Fighter Aviation Division from February 1951.

Units which have been stationed at Kubinka include:

237th Centre for Display of Aviation Equipment (237 TsPAT) flying MiG-29E, Su-17C, Su-24, Su-25, and Su-27 during the 1990s (with one exception given as 239 TsPAT in Yefim Gordon's Su-24 book.) The regiment, which has inherited the traditions of the 19 OIAP (1938–1944) and the 176 Gv IAP (1944–1950), was formed under the number 234 in November 1950. It arrived at Kubinka at the beginning of 1952. On 15 January 1989 it was renamed the 237th Composite Aviation Regiment (Demonstration) (237 SAP(P)). It became the 237 TsPAT on 13 February 1992 and then gained the title "named for Air Marshal I.N. Kozhedub" on 10 August 1993. 234th Guards Instructional Interceptor Aviation Regiment (234 Gv IIAP) flying MiG-23MLD and MiG-29 aircraft. 378th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron (378 OSAE) flying Mil Mi-8 helicopters. 29 Gv IAP (during the 1940s and 1950s). 9th Fighter Aviation Division (November 1952 – 1993)

Most units at Kubinka were subordinated up until 2009–2010 to the Special Purpose Command of the Russian Air Force.

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