Voronezh Malshevo (air base)

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Voronezh Malshevo
IATA: none ICAO: UUOW
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Voronezh
Elevation AMSL	502 ft / 153 m
Coordinates	51°37′29″N 039°07′53″E / 51.62472°N 39.13139°E / 51.62472; 39.13139Coordinates: 51°37′29″N 039°07′53″E / 51.62472°N 39.13139°E / 51.62472; 39.13139
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Voronezh Malshevo (also Malshevo, Mal'shevo, Voronezh Southwest, Baltimor) is an air base in Russia located 7 km southwest of Voronezh.

Up until late 2009 it was the home of the 105th Composite Aviation Division and 455th Bomber Aviation Regiment,^[1] both with 16th Air Army/Special Purpose Command, the air forces command of the Moscow Military District. Following the air force reforms of 2009–10, it became the headquarters of the 7000th Air Base.

Warfare.ru says:^[2] "unit # 23326. 7000th Guard Borisov-Pomeransk Double Red Banner Order Suvorov Airbase. Address: 394055, Voronezh. ex 105 comb div + 455 bbr, 183, 47 recce, 89 attack rgts. Planned staff 2009: 24 Su-24M, 4 An-30, 1 Mi-8, ? 2 Su-34. 2010: 2 sqdn Su-24M, 1 sqdn Su-24MR, Mig-25RB+ An-30. 20.10.2011 Su-24 crashed during landing in Amur distr, pilots dead."

The Natural Resources Defense Council listed it as a nuclear bomber base in a nuclear war study. However, no other sources on Long Range Aviation list it as a bomber base.

On 9 November 2020 a soldier, Pvt. Anton Makarov, went on a rampage at the air base after seizing an officers pistol and killing him and two others. The soldier was the subject of a manhunt launched across the region.^[3]

Aircraft operated[]

• Su-24M
• Su-24MP
• Su-34

References[]

External links[]

• http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/455bap.htm

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