Lodeynoye Pole (air base)

Lodeynoye Pole
Lodeynoye Pole
	IATA: none; ICAO: XLPO;
Summary
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 / 60.71000°N 33.57000°ECoordinates: 60°42′36″N 033°34′12″E / 60.71000°N 33.57000°E
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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 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.

References[]

^ PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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[phaseout81-1] PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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