Lodeynoye Pole (also Lodynoye Pole) is a small air base in Leningrad Oblast, Russia located 2 km south of Lodeynoye Pole. It was home to the 177th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 2009.
Lodeynoye Pole | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Lodeynoye Pole | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 56 ft / 17 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 60°42′36″N 033°34′12″E | ||||||||||
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Lodeynoye Pole initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s. The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the MiG-23P (Flogger-G).[1]
Around 1990 the MiG-23 was upgraded to the Sukhoi Su-27.
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