Machulishchy is an air base of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located Machulishchy, Minsk Region, Belarus.

Minsk-Machulishchy
Machulishchy, Minsk Region in Belarus
Machulishchy Shown within Belarus
Coordinates	53°46′25″N 027°34′38″E
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Belarus
Operator	Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus
Site history
In use	Unknown - present
Battles/wars	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UMLI
Elevation	204 metres (669 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 15/33 2,955 metres (9,695 ft) Concrete

It is home to the 50th Composite Air Base, flying Antonov An-26s, Ilyushin Il-76MD's, Mil Mi-8 and Mil Mi-24s.[1]

It has served as a strategic bomber base for the Soviet Union. It also served as a Soviet Air Defence Forces interceptor base.[2]

The primary operator was the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment. Machulishchy was one of nine major operating locations for the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder in the mid-1960s.[3] In August 1960, six Tu-22 aircraft from Machulishchy deployed to Olenya air base in the arctic region under naval control, indicating the regiment had a dual Navy-Air Force mission serving an anti-surface warfare role.[4] This capability covered the Baltic Sea with deployment capability into the Barents Sea region.

Later in the 1970s an interceptor regiment at Machulishchy operated Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot interceptors, upgraded in 1979 to MiG-23P aircraft.[2][5] At the time, the airfield was still host to the Tu-22 Blinder ASM regiment.

References

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[ru] Мачулищи (аэропорт)