Lipetsk air base

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Lipetsk
Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Lipetsk air base
Su-25SM, MiG-29UB, Su-24M2, Su-34 in 2012
Lipetsk Shown within Lipetsk Oblast Show map of Lipetsk Oblast Lipetsk Lipetsk (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	52°38′6″N 39°26′42″E / 52.63500°N 39.44500°E / 52.63500; 39.44500
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Site history
Built	1960 (1960)
In use	1960 - present
Airfield information
Elevation	194 metres (636 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 15/33 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Concrete

Lipetsk Air Base (also given as Lipetskiy, Lipetsky, Lipetsk-2, Shakhm 10, and Lipetsk West) is an air base in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia located 12 km northwest of Lipetsk. It is the chief combat training center of the Russian Aerospace Forces, analogous to the United States Air Force's Nellis Air Force Base.^[1] The base is made up of two medium-sized airfields joined together.^{[citation needed]}

The base is home to the 4th State Centre for Aircrew Training and Field Tests (4th GTsPAPVI), formerly the 4th Centre for Combat Application and Crew Training. Components of the 4th Centre include the 968th Instructor-Research Aviation Regiment (968th IISAP) and the 237th Air Force Display Centre of the Russian Air Force. I. N. Kozheduba - Russian Falcons.^[2][3]