Stryi (air base)
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Stryi is an air base in Lviv Oblast
, Ukraine
located 4 km southwest of Stryi
. It is a large base with 6 km of parking area taxiways and numerous revetments.
Units that have been stationed at Stryy include:
Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
located 4 km southwest of Stryi
Stryi
Stryi is a city located on the left bank of the river Stryi in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine . Serving as the administrative center of the Stryi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. Thus, the city has two administrations - the city and the raion...
. It is a large base with 6 km of parking area taxiways and numerous revetments.
Units that have been stationed at Stryy include:
- 179 IAP (179th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 43 MiG-23MLD aircraft at the end of the Cold WarCold WarThe 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...
. This regiment was under 8 OA (8th Air Army, Soviet Air Defence ForceSoviet Anti-Air DefenseThe Soviet Air Defence Forces was the air defense branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. It continued being a service branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1998. Unlike Western air defense forces, V-PVO was a branch of the military unto itself, separate from the Soviet...
). - 260 TBAP (260th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-16Tupolev Tu-16The Tupolev Tu-16 was a twin-engine jet bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has flown for more than 50 years, and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the Chinese air force.-Development:...
and later 20 Tupolev Tu-22M3Tupolev Tu-22The Tupolev Tu-22 was the first supersonic bomber to enter production in the Soviet Union. Manufactured by Tupolev, the Tu-22 entered service with the Soviet military in the 1960s, and the last examples were retired during the 1990s...
aircraft at the end of the Cold War.