Luninets (air base)
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Luninets is an air base in Belarus
, located 4 km northwest of Luninets. It was a fighter-bomber training airfield during the Cold War
. It was home to 1169 BRAT (1169th Aviation Equipment Reserve Base) flying Mi-8
and Mi-24 helicopters.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, located 4 km northwest of Luninets. It was a fighter-bomber training airfield during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. It was home to 1169 BRAT (1169th Aviation Equipment Reserve Base) flying Mi-8
Mil Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 is a medium twin-turbine transport helicopter that can also act as a gunship. The Mi-8 is the world's most-produced helicopter, and is used by over 50 countries. Russia is the largest operator of the Mi-8/Mi-17 helicopter....
and Mi-24 helicopters.