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Dorokhovo (air base)

Dorokhovo (also Bezhetsk, Bezhetsk, or Dorokhov) is an air base in Bezhetsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia, located 7 km southwest of Bezhetsk. It is a small interceptor base with about 10 alert pads for fighter aircraft and some other pads and tarmac space. In 1967 it received some of the first Sukhoi Su-15 (Flagon) interceptors.

It was home to 611 IAP (611th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying 39 Su-15 aircraft in the 1970s and Su-27 aircraft by the 1990s. It also had MiG-31 aircraft.

Dorokhovo

Dorokhovo is the name of several rural localities in Russia:

  • Dorokhovo, Arkhangelsk Oblast, a village in Khavrogorsky Selsoviet of Kholmogorsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Bryansk Oblast, a village in Morachovsky Selsoviet of Zhiryatinsky District of Bryansk Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Kaluga Oblast, a village in Meshchovsky District of Kaluga Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a selo in Dorokhovsky Selsoviet of Nazarovsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai
  • Dorokhovo, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast, a village in Dorokhovskoye Rural Settlement of Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District of Moscow Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, a settlement in Dorokhovskoye Rural Settlement of Ruzsky District of Moscow Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Novgorod Oblast, a village in Kirovskoye Settlement of Moshenskoy District of Novgorod Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Novorzhevsky District, Pskov Oblast, a village in Novorzhevsky District, Pskov Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Pushkinogorsky District, Pskov Oblast, a village in Pushkinogorsky District, Pskov Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Smolensk Oblast, a village in Otnosovskoye Rural Settlement of Vyazemsky District of Smolensk Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Bezhetsky District, Tver Oblast, a settlement in Bezhetsky District, Tver Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Kalyazinsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Kalyazinsky District, Tver Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Staritsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Staritsky District, Tver Oblast
  • Dorokhovo, Zapadnodvinsky District, Tver Oblast, a village in Zapadnodvinsky District, Tver Oblast