Andreapol air base

Andreapol
Andreapol, Tver Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Andreapol air base
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Coordinates	56°38′36″N 32°18′48″E / 56.64333°N 32.31333°E / 56.64333; 32.31333
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
In use	Unknown - 2019 (2019)
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UUEA
Elevation	229 metres (751 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 06/24 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Andreapol former Soviet and Russian Air Force 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.^{[citation needed]}

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

The 28th Regiment disbanded probably in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

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