Dorokhovo (air base)

Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is a former air base in Bezhetsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It was a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.

Dorokhovo Bezhetsk-Dorokhov
Bezhetsk, Tver Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Dorokhovo air base
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Coordinates	57°43′30″N 36°39′6″E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
In use	1953 - 2009 (2009)
Airfield information
Elevation	143 metres (469 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 13/31 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

It was home to 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment (611 IAP) flying 39 Sukhoi Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Sukhoi Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s.^[1] It also had MiG-31 aircraft.^[2][3] From the 1960s to the 1990s the regiment was part of the 3rd Air Defence Corps of the Moscow Air Defence District.

References

1. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
2. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
3. "611th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 December 2022.