Domna

Domna
Domna
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Russian Air Force
Location Chita
Elevation AMSL 2,280 ft / 695 m
Coordinates 51°55′0″N 113°7′0″E / 51.916667°N 113.116667°E / 51.916667; 113.116667Coordinates: 51°55′0″N 113°7′0″E / 51.916667°N 113.116667°E / 51.916667; 113.116667
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 8,202 2,500 Concrete


Domna is a Russian Air Force base in Chita, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.

Units stationed at Domna include:

  • 733 BAP (733rd Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft in the early 1990s.
  • 120 BAP (120th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 aircraft in the 1990s through 2000s [1].
  • 125 Gv ORAP (125th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3R in the late 1980s and as many as 26 Su-24MR aircraft around 1990.
  • 114 BAP (114th Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-24 aircraft; decommissioned around 1992.

Domna means "blast furnace" in Russian.

References

  1. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc. 

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