Marinovka air base

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Marinovka
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Marinovka, Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast in Russia
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Marinovka
Shown within Volgograd Oblast, Russia
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Marinovka
Marinovka (Russia)
Coordinates 48°38′09″N43°47′17″E / 48.63583°N 43.78806°E / 48.63583; 43.78806
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
Site history
In useUnknown - present
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Runways
Direction Length and surface
06/242,463 metres (8,081 ft)  Concrete
Marinovka air base

Marinovka is an air base of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.

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As of 2022, the base is home to the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment (11th SAP) which had two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-24M/MR (NATO: Fencer-D/E) [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

History

The base was home to the 168th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between 1991 and 1992, [6] and the 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment 1993-98. [7]

Some Su-34 and Su-24s were redeployed to the air base after a Ukrainian drone strike[ when? ] on Morozovsk air base. A satellite image from 19 August 2024, appeared to show some 15 Su-34s and 14 Su-24s at the air base. [8] [9]

NASA's FIRMS detected multiple fires on and near Marinovka air base on 22 August 2024 10:45:00 (UTC) NASA FIRMS 2024-08-22 Marinovka.png
NASA's FIRMS detected multiple fires on and near Marinovka air base on 22 August 2024 10:45:00 (UTC)

On 22 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the air base was attacked by Ukrainian military drones, resulting in explosions and a fire at the air base. The governor of Volgograd Oblast, Andrey Bocharov, claimed that most of the drones had been intercepted, and that the debris from an intercepted drone fell causing a fire. [10] [11] The fires were detected by NASA's FIRMS.

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