Galenki (air base)

Galenki (Russian: Галёнки) is a Russian Air Force base in Primorsky Krai, Russia.[1] From January 5, 1942 to October 1945, the 582nd IAP (Fighter Aviation Regiment) was based at the aerodrome, taking part in the Soviet-Japanese war with Lavochkin La-5 aircraft.

Galenki Галёнки
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Russia
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Galenki
Elevation AMSL	24 m / 79 ft
Coordinates	44°05′46″N 131°48′19″E
Map
Galenki Location of Galenki
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 02/20 2,500 8,202 Concrete

Beginning in September 1950, the 18th Guards Vitebsk was stationed at Galenki, armed initially with MiG-15 jets, but upgrading in the 1950s and 1960s to the MiG-17 and MiG-21. In 1982, the fighter aviation regiment was transformed into an aviation regiment of fighter-bombers.

In May 1989, the regiment re-equipped the MiG-27K and MiG-27D, then in March 1993, the regiment received Sukhoi Su-25 airplanes and was transformed into an assault aircraft unit.

On December 1, 2009, the regiment and airfield support units were transformed into the 6983rd Guards Aviation Base of the first category (military unit 62231). At the end of 2010, the headquarters of the 6983rd was transferred to the Khurba-2 garrison. The air attack aircraft unit was relocated to Chernigovka airfield in Primorsky Krai, where it merged with the remnants of the local 187th Assault Air Regiment.