Dollyar Air Base
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Dollyar Air Base is a military airbase in Dollyar (also known as Dəllər or Dəlilər), a municipality of the Shamkir district (rayon
) in Azerbaijan
.
From 1955? to 1992 the 882nd independent 'Tilzitskiy' Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment of the 34th Air Army, Transcaucasian Military District
, was located at the base. It flew Yak-28PPs, 1970's-August 1984 (transferred to the 151st OAPREB), MiG-25RBs, 1984?-1992, and Su-24MRs, 1987-1992. It was equipped with 16 MiG-25RB and 11 Su-24MR [CFE treaty data exchange] in November 1990.
It was disbanded in 1992, with a directive to that effect being issued on 29 July 1992.
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
) in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
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From 1955? to 1992 the 882nd independent 'Tilzitskiy' Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment of the 34th Air Army, Transcaucasian Military District
Transcaucasian Military District
The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the USSR...
, was located at the base. It flew Yak-28PPs, 1970's-August 1984 (transferred to the 151st OAPREB), MiG-25RBs, 1984?-1992, and Su-24MRs, 1987-1992. It was equipped with 16 MiG-25RB and 11 Su-24MR [CFE treaty data exchange] in November 1990.
It was disbanded in 1992, with a directive to that effect being issued on 29 July 1992.