Kurdamir Air Base is a military airbase in Kurdamir (also known as Kyurdamir or Kürdəmir), the capital of the Kurdamir District (rayon) in Azerbaijan.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Republic of Azerbaijan | ||||||||||
| Location | Kürdəmir | ||||||||||
| Occupants | Azerbaijani Air Defense Force | ||||||||||
| Time zone | AZT (+4:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AZT (+5:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | −35 ft / −11 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°16′24″N 48°09′48″E / 40.27333°N 48.16333°E | ||||||||||
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  Kurdamir Air Base | |||||||||||
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At the end of the 1980s the 976 Bomber Aviation Regiment Инстербургский flying Sukhoi Su-24 and Sukhoi Su-17 aircraft was based at Kurdamir.[1] The regiment, which was descended from the 976th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the World War II period, was part of the 34th Air Army of the Soviet Air Forces.
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edit- ^ Feskov, V.I.; K.A. Kalashnikov; V.I. Golikov (2004). The Soviet Army in the Years of the 'Cold War' (1945-1991). Tomsk: Tomsk University Press. p. 144. ISBN 5-7511-1819-7.
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