Vitebsk (air base)

Vitebsk (air base)

Infobox Airport
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location = Vitebsk
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elevation-m = 194
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r1-number = 06/24
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Vitebsk (also Vitebsk Northeast or Andronovichi) is an air base in Belarus located 8 km northeast of Vitebsk. It is a small airfield complex with a single large tarmac. It was home to 339 VTAP (339th Military Air Transport Regiment) flying 32 Ilyushin Il-76 cargo jets as well as Antonov An-22 planes [cite web| title = 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK | publisher = Brinkster.com | url = http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm ] .

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