Kubinka military airfield

Kubinka military airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code	UUMB
Coordinates	55 ° 36 '45 "  N , 36 ° 39' 0"  E Coordinates: 55 ° 36 '45 "  N , 36 ° 39' 0"  E
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km northwest of Kubinka
Basic data
opening	1938
operator	Russian Air Force
Start-and runway
04/22	2500 m of concrete

The Kubinka military airfield ( ICAO code UUMB ) is a military airfield near Kubinka west of Moscow .

The airfield opened in 1938. It is the stationing site of the military aerobatic teams Russkije Vitjasi and Strischi . Inspection flights in the European part of Russia under the Open Skies Treaty begin in Kubinka.

Until at least 1991, the Soviet 234th Guards Fighter Regiment with multipurpose fighter aircraft of the type MiG-23MLD (NATO code name: Flogger-K) and MiG-29 (NATO code name: Fulcrum) were stationed at the military airfield .

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  Air superiority fighter Sukhoi Su-27 (2009)

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  Aerial reconnaissance aircraft Antonov An-30 (2012)

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  Mil Mi-26 heavy transport helicopter (2010)

The museum of the 121st aircraft repair shop is located near the airfield.

Web links

Commons : Kubinka Air Base  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dmitry Medvedev visited the Kubinka Air Force Base , accessed August 10, 2014
2. ↑ (page 71 of the) Treaty on Open Skies (PDF, 112 pp.), Accessed August 8, 2014
3. ↑ Музей 121 АРЗ