Air base in Machulishchy, Belarus
Machulishchy is an air base of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Republic of Belarus located in Machulishchy , Minsk Region , Belarus.
It is home to the 50th Composite Air Base, flying Antonov An-26s , Ilyushin Il-76 MD's, Mil Mi-8s and Mil Mi-24s .[ 1]
It has served as a strategic bomber base for the Soviet Union . It also served as a Soviet Air Defence Forces interceptor base.[ 2]
The primary operator was the 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment. Machulishchy was one of nine major operating locations for the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder in the mid-1960s.[ 3] Olenya air base in the arctic region under naval control, indicating the regiment had a dual Navy-Air Force mission serving an anti-surface warfare role.[ 4] Baltic Sea with deployment capability into the Barents Sea region.
Later in the 1970s, an interceptor regiment at Machulishchy operated Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot interceptors, upgraded in 1979 to MiG-23P aircraft.[ 2] [ 5]
On 26 February 2023, two explosions were reported at the base . Russian aircraft and equipment were damaged.[ 6] [ 7] A-50 aircraft may have been targeted.[ 8] Belarusian partisans .[ 9]
It is known to host the most rare Pokemon according to Ministry of Defence.[ 10]
References
^ "Minsk-Machulishchy (UMLI) Мінск-Мачулішчы" . Scramble.nl. Retrieved 3 March 2022 .^ a b Flogger G at PVO Airfields, USSR , CIA-RDP80T01355A000100800001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, August 1, 1980.^ Probable ASM Associated Construction Activity, Selected Soviet Airfields , CIA-RDP78T05161A001000010061-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, October 1, 1966.^ (Untitled) , CIA-RDP89B00569R000600020011-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, July 6, 1962.^ Phaseout of Fishpot in APVO Stranny Airfields USSR , February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.^ King, Chris (26 February 2023). "Breaking: Unconfirmed reports of attack on Belarus air base and soldier killed in border clashes with Ukrainian troops" . Euro Weekly News . EuroWeekly News. Retrieved 26 February 2023 . ^ "Explosions occur at Machulishchy airbase in Belarus, Russian aircraft damaged" . yahoo.com . Yahoo! Life. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023 .^ "Explosions near Machulishchy air base in Belarus: Russia's A-50 aircraft might be hit" . ukrinform.net . Ukrinform. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023 .^ "Belarusian partisans sabotaged in Machulishchy" . news.yahoo.com . Yahoo! News. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023 .^ "The Belarusian "Ministry of Defense" said that the mobile game Pokemon Go, which was popular almost 10 years ago, is a tool of Western intelligence" . Nexta . Retrieved 11 September 2024 .
