Domna (air base)
air base in Russia
Domna is a Russian Aerospace Forces airbase in Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
The base is home to the 120th Composite Aviation Regiment, flying Mikoyan MiG-29s and Sukhoi Su-25s.
In 1937–1938, the personnel of the TB-3 heavy bomber aviation squadron, based in the Domna garrison, were the first in the country to undergo retraining and master the most modern aircraft of that time - SB high-speed bombers.
In 1939, the 38th High-Speed Bomber Aviation Regiment, based at the airfield, took part in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol. With the outbreak of war on June 22, 1941, the regiment, which was armed with 45 SB aircraft, began dismantling the aircraft and from June 22 to 26 was sent to the front in five echelons. Under regiment commander Mikhail Moiseevich Svinarev (1910 - 08/04/1942), the regiment was part of the 28th Aviation Division.
Based units
Units stationed at Domna include:
733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment (733 BAP) flying Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft from 1975 to 1987. The regiment arrived at Domna in July 1966.
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