Dyagilevo air base

In 1955 it was one of only six Soviet bases capable of handling the Myasishchev M-4 bomber. In 1967 it had seven Tupolev Tu-22s used for training.{{cite book| title = Tupelov Tu-22 'Blinder' Tu-22M 'Backfire' | last = Gordon | first = Yefim | publisher = Midland Publishing | year = 1999 | isbn = 1-85780-065-6 }}

In 1973 it received 2 Tupolev Tu-22M (NATO: Backfire) aircraft. It was also home to 43 TsBPiPLS (43rd Center for Combat Application and Training of Air Crew) which included the Tu-22M, Tupolev Tu-95MS (NATO: Bear), and Tupolev Tu-134UBL (NATO: Crusty) trainer.{{cite book |title=International Air Power Review : Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation|last = Butowski | first = Pyotr |publisher=AIRtime Publishing, Inc |date=Summer 2004 }} In 1985 the 49 TBAP (49th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) arrived at Dyagilevo, flying Tu-22M and Tu-95 aircraft and eventually converting into an ITBAP (training regiment). The 49th Regiment was part of the 43rd Centre, and eventually disbanded in 1997.Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/49itbap.htm 49th Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment], accessed August 2012.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian Air Force took command of the base. By 1994 it received 24 Tu-95K (Bear-G) bombers for decommissioning under the START II treaty. A number of Tu-16, Tu-22, and M-4 aircraft are mothballed here.{{cn|date=December 2022}}

As of 2009, the ww2.dk website reported that three units were active at the airbase.{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/schools/43tsbppls.htm |title=43rd Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel DA |publisher=Ww2.dk |date= |accessdate=2022-09-17}}

• 1st Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Squadron (Tu-22M3 and Tu-134)
• 2nd Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Squadron (Tu-95MS and An-26)
• 43rd Guards Orlovskiy Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel

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Air Power Review reported in 2004 that the 203rd Independent Orel Air Regiment of Guards (Air Tankers) operating Il-78 and Il-78M was stationed at the base. Formed 6 July 1941 at Monino near Moscow as the 412th Aviation Regiment, with TB-7 (Pe-8) heavy bombers. Renamed 432nd AP several weeks later. Renamed 25th AP DD of Guards 19 September 1943. 1230th AP (SZ) renamed 203rd OAP (SZ) 1 December 1994.

On 5 December 2022, the base was attacked by Ukrainian drones which damaged a Tu-22M3 bomber and destroyed a fuel truck; three personnel were killed and five injured.{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/05/explosions-russia-airbases-far-from-ukraine-frontline-bombers|first1=Andrew|last1=Roth|first2=Pjotr|last2=Sauer|title=Explosions rock two Russian airbases far from Ukraine frontline|date=2022-12-05|access-date=2022-12-05| work=The Guardian }} The Engels Air Force Base was also raided on the same night. On 14 December, a Shahed-136 drone that exploded in a Kyiv apartment building had “For Ryazan“ written on it in Russian.{{cite news|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-kyiv-administration-buildings-damaged-drones-attack-city-says-2022-12-14/ |author=Tom Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk |title= Russia launches drone attack on Kyiv, Ukraine hails air defences |date=2022-12-14|access-date=2022-12-14|work=Reuters }}

By December 2022, the {{ill|360 Aircraft Repair Factory|ru|360 авиационный ремонтный завод}} (360 ARZ) located at the base was placed under sanctions of the European Union and USA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|lang=en|url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2478/oj|title=Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/2478|author=Official Journal of the European Union|website=European Union law|date=2022-12-16|access-date=2023-01-20|archive-date=2022-12-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225115137/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2022/2478/oj|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|lang=ru| url=https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-company/3470/|title=JSC "360 AIRCRAFT REPAIR PLANT"|website=War and sanctions|access-date=2023-01-20|archive-date=2023-01-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120234915/https://sanctions.nazk.gov.ua/ru/sanction-company/3470/|url-status=live}}

• List of military airbases in Russia

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