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Name
Stupino Air Base
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ICAO / GPS
UUMI / UUMI
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- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
4:07 pm (MSK)
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Municipality
Stupino
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Coordinates
54° 53′ 16″ N 38° 8′ 49″ E
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Elevation
584 ft (178 m MSL)
About Stupino Air Base
Stupino is a general aviation airport located 5 km east of Stupino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
It was a military transport base until the late-1990s, home to 436th Independent Transport Aviation Regiment (436 OTAP) under the command of the Moscow Air Defence District, Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) flying Mil Mi-8 helicopters between 1970 and 1998 and between 1952 and 1959 the base hosted the 162nd Fighter Aviation Regiment which used both the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ASCC: Fagot) and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (ASCC: Fresco).
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