Gvardeyskoye (air base)

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Gvardeyskoye (Hvardiyske)
Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion, Crimea in Ukraine
Satellite imagery of Gvardeyskoye air base
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Coordinates	45°06′58″N 33°58′44″E / 45.11611°N 33.97889°E / 45.11611; 33.97889
Type	Air Base
Site information
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Site history
Built	1930 (1930)
In use	1930 -present
Battles/wars	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UKFG
Elevation	152 metres (499 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19 3,075 metres (10,089 ft) Concrete

Gvardeyskoye or Hvardiiske (Russian: Гвардейское; Ukrainian: Гвардійське) is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion, in Russian occupied Crimea, Ukraine.

The history of flying here began in the 1930s when Polikarpov Po-2s were flown.

The base is home to the 37th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment, which flies the Sukhoi Su-24M (ASCC: Fencer) and the Sukhoi Su-25SM/25UB (ASCC: Frogfoot under the 27th Composite Aviation Division as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.^[1]

The base was home to the 43rd Independent Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment from 1990.^[2] It came under the control of the Black Sea Fleet.^[3]