Millerovo air base
Millerovo | |||||||
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| Millerovo, Rostov Oblast in Russia | |||||||
  Millerovo Shown within Rostov Oblast, Russia  Millerovo Millerovo (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 48°57′08″N 040°18′08″E / 48.95222°N 40.30222°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 147 metres (482 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Millerovo is an air base in Millerovsky District, Rostov Oblast of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.
The base is home to the 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment which has two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H) as of 2022[update].[1][2]
The 368th Assault Aviation Regiment, with Sukhoi Su-25's (NATO: Frogfoot), also deployed to Millerovo as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
History
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By 2022, the airbase housed 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30SM (NATO: Flanker-H).[1][2] and the 368th Assault Aviation Regiment with Sukhoi Su-25's (NATO: Frogfoot).[3]
Attacks
[edit]During the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022–24, the airbase has been attacked twice by Ukrainian forces.
On 25 February 2022 reports began circulating, alongside an amateur video showing burning military installations, that Millerovo Airbase had been attacked and damaged by two Tochka-U ballistic missiles launched from Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to impede Russian forces from using the airbase to provide air support to Russian troops in Ukraine.[4] There was no subsequent official confirmation from the Ukrainian or Russian armed forces regarding such an attack.
On the night of 19-20 July 2024, the Russian governor of the Rostov Oblast, Vasily Golubev, reported some 26 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the night of 19-20 July with no casualties. Other sources, local social media, quoted locals who reported some sixteen explosions near the air base, fires were reported near the base's "runway and airport apron" as well as a local oil depot.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Russian Air Force today - Russian Southern Military District". Eastern Order of Battle. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2022. p. 42.
- ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2022. p. 30.
- ^ "Russian airfield targeted by Ukrainian forces, geolocated social media video and images show". CNN. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ OLHA HLUSHCHENKO (19 July 2024). "Russians claim large-scale UAV attack on Rostov Oblast, airfield on fire – videos". Ukrainian Pravda. Retrieved 2024-07-20.