Danilovo | |||||||
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Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 56°39′36″N 048°2′0″E / 56.66000°N 48.03333°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Strategic Rocket Forces | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1952 | ||||||
In use | 1952 - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: XWKD | ||||||
Elevation | 117 metres (384 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Danilovo is an air base in Mari El Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Yoshkar-Ola. It was a small interceptor aircraft airfield, now used by a Helicopter Squadron of the Missile forces.
The base is currently home to the 108th independent Helicopter Squadron [1] of the 14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division [2] of the 27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army. [3]
The base was home to the 681st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1952 and 1994. [4]
Danilovo | |||||||
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Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 56°39′36″N 048°2′0″E / 56.66000°N 48.03333°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Strategic Rocket Forces | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1952 | ||||||
In use | 1952 - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: XWKD | ||||||
Elevation | 117 metres (384 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Danilovo is an air base in Mari El Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Yoshkar-Ola. It was a small interceptor aircraft airfield, now used by a Helicopter Squadron of the Missile forces.
The base is currently home to the 108th independent Helicopter Squadron [1] of the 14th Kievsko-Zhitomirskaya order of Kutuzov Missile Division [2] of the 27th Guards Vitebskaya Red Banner Missile Army. [3]
The base was home to the 681st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO between 1952 and 1994. [4]