Lutsk/Lutsk North | |||||||
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| Lutsk, Volyn Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
 Lutsk air base in Western Ukraine in June 2013 | |||||||
  UKLC Shown within Volyn Oblast  UKLC UKLC (Ukraine) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 50°47′0″N 025°21′0″E / 50.78333°N 25.35000°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Air Command West | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Fate | Destroyed in 2022 (Acc. to Ukrainian officials) | ||||||
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UKLC | ||||||
| Elevation | 195 metres (640 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Lutsk (ICAO: UKLC) is an air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Lutsk, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. Previously closed in 2006, the air base was reopened for works in 2014 and since 2018 housed the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade that currently operates Mikoyan MiG-29M/UB and Aero L-39C Albatross aircraft.[1]
History
It was home to 806th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (806 APIB) which flew Su-17 aircraft as recently as 1992. It currently serves as storage base for Sukhoi Su-24 bombers. From 1945 to 1992, the regiment was part of the 289th Division of the 57th Air Army, then the 14th Air Army, then the Air Forces of the Carpathian Military District, then the 14th Air Army once more. The airport use was abandoned in 2006.[2] In 2018 it was revived and became the home of the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade, which was before the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea based in Belbek Airport.[2]
The base was the target of Russian airstrikes by Russian armed forces on 27 February and 11 March 2022.[3] In the first attack two aircraft resembling Su-24 were destroyed according to commercial satellite imagery. In the second attack the airbase was completely destroyed according to the town mayor.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Ukraine Air Force". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- 1 2 (in Ukrainian) NOT SWORN IN: HOW THEY MET THE SEVASTOPOL TACTICAL AVIATION BRIGADE AT A NEW LOCATION, Channel 5 (09/21/2018)
- ↑ "Ukraine war: Large Russian convoy redeploys near Kyiv - satellite images". BBC News. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ↑ Axe, David (7 April 2022). "Where Are Ukraine's Bombers?". Forbes.
- ↑ "Ukrainian military airfield southwest of Kyiv completely destroyed by Russian strike, mayor says". CNBC. March 12, 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- Holm, 806th Bomber Aviation Regiment, accessed August 2011