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Stryi Air Base

Coordinates: 49°14′36″N 023°47′12″E / 49.24333°N 23.78667°E / 49.24333; 23.78667
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Stryi
Stryi, Lviv Oblast in Ukraine
Stryi is located in Lviv Oblast
Stryi
Stryi
Shown within Lviv Oblast
Stryi is located in Ukraine
Stryi
Stryi
Stryi (Ukraine)
Coordinates49°14′36″N 023°47′12″E / 49.24333°N 23.78667°E / 49.24333; 23.78667
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUkrainian Air Force
Site history
Built1957 (1957)
In use1957 - 1996 (1996)
Airfield information
Elevation312 metres (1,024 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
05/23 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Concrete

Stryi (Ukrainian Стрий, also Stryi, or Stryy) was an air base in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine located 4 km southwest of Stryi. It was a large base with 6 km of parking area taxiways and numerous revetments.

History

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Units that have been stationed at Stryy include:

In 2009 work started on dismantling buildings, warehouses, garages and other property on the aerodrome acted against the community and district government area.[4] Zokrama Striyskoy District Council chairman Roman Kozak said: 'Investors are willing to come even today, is an American company that consents to recover the strip to the airport work, taking planes to refuel'.

References

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  1. ^ PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  2. ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
  3. ^ "179th Yaroslavskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ Аеропорт «Львів-2»: демонтаж на унікальному летовищі.