Andreapol (air base)

Andreapol
IATA: none ICAO: UUEA
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Serves	Andreapol
Built	Unknown
In use	Unknown-Present
Elevation AMSL	751 ft / 229 m
Coordinates	56°38′36″N 032°18′48″E / 56.64333°N 32.31333°E / 56.64333; 32.31333Coordinates: 56°38′36″N 032°18′48″E / 56.64333°N 32.31333°E / 56.64333; 32.31333
Map
Andreapol Location in Tver Oblast, Russia
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 00/00 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Andreapol is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 3 km east of Andreapol. It was built as an interceptor aircraft base. It was home to the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (28 Gv IAP), which flew MiG-23P aircraft in the early 1990s^[1] and soon acquired MiG-29 aircraft.^[2]

In 1994 to Andreapol were transferred part of the personnel and aircraft 773rd Guards Fighter Regiment, who joined the 28th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. In 2003, during runway repairs at Kubinka the aerobatic teams Russian Knights and Swifts were relocated to Andreapol.

A MiG-29 crashed on May 12, 2005 near the air base.

The 28th Regiment disbanded probably in 2009.

As of 2019, the Air Base is reported as being closed, or at least "inactive".^[3]

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