| Marinovka | |||||||
| Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg | ||||||
| Ensign Size: | 100px | ||||||
| Location: | Marinovka, Kalachyovsky District, Volgograd Oblast | ||||||
| Country: | Russia | ||||||
| Coordinates: | 48.6358°N 43.7881°W | ||||||
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Volgograd Oblast#Russia | ||||||
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Volgograd Oblast, Russia | ||||||
| Pushpin Label: | Marinovka | ||||||
| Ownership: | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator: | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlledby: | 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Used: | Unknown - present | ||||||
| R1-Number: | 06/24 | ||||||
| R1-Length: | 2463m (8,081feet) | ||||||
| R1-Surface: | Concrete | ||||||
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Marinovka is an air base of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.
As of 2022, the base is home to the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment (11th SAP) which had two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-24M/MR (NATO: Fencer-D/E)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
The base was home to the 168th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between 1991 and 1992,[6] and the 296th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment 1993-98.[7]
Some Su-34 and Su-24s were redeployed to the air base after a Ukrainian drone strike on Morozovsk air base. A satellite image from 19 August 2024, appeared to show some 15 Su-34s and 14 Su-24s at the air base. [8] [9]
On 22 August 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the air base was attacked by Ukrainian military drones, resulting in explosions and a fire at the air base. The governor of Volgograd Oblast, Andrey Bocharov, claimed that most of the drones had been intercepted, and that the debris from an intercepted drone fell causing a fire.[10] [11] The fires were detected by NASA's FIRMS.