Domna (air base)


Domna is a Russian Air Force base in Chita, Russia located 27 km southwest of Chita. It is a large, hardened facility with six areas of revetments probably holding 50 fighter aircraft. MiG-23 aircraft from Domna were deployed to Shindand, Afghanistan in the late 1980s.
According to the Russian Wikipedia, the unit at the base is now the 120th Composite Aviation Regiment, flying MiG-29s and Sukhoi Su-25s.

Based units

Units stationed at Domna include:
The units at the base are now part of the 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army of the Eastern Military District.
Four Su-30SM fighter aircraft from Domna were deployed to Khmeimim Air Base, Syria, on September 18, 2015.
Domna means "blast furnace" in Russian.