Schuchin (air base)

{{Short description|Former military airfield in Belarus}}

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| name = Schuchin

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| location = Shchuchyn, Grodno Region

| country = Belarus

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| type = Air Base

| coordinates = {{Coord|53|35|57|N|24|45|57|E|display=inline,title}}

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| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Belarus

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| ownership = Ministry of Defence

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| built = {{Start date|1945}}

| used = 1945 - {{End date|1993}}

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Schuchin is a former airbase of the Belarusian Air Force located near Shchuchyn, Grodno Region, Belarus.

The base was home to the:

• 10th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1993 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (ASCC: Foxbat), Sukhoi Su-24 (ASCC: Fencer) and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (ASCC: Fishbed){{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/orap/10orap.htm|title=10th independent Moskovsko-Kenigsbergskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}
• 129th Fighter Aviation Division between 1945 and 1952.{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/iad/129iad.htm|title=129th Kenigsbergskaya order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Division PVO|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}
• 790th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1945 and 1952 with the Lavochkin La-5, Lavochkin La-7 & Lavochkin La-9 (ASCC: Fritz).{{cite web|url=https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/790iap.htm|title=790th order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}
• 157th Bomber Aviation Division between 1954 and 1961{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/bad/157bad.htm|title=157th Bomber Aviation Division|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}
• 993rd Bomber Aviation Regiment with Ilyushin Il-28 (ASCC: Beagle).
• 998th Bomber Aviation Regiment with Il-28.
• 979th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 1989 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (ASCC: Flogger).{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/979iap.htm|title=979th Volkovyskskiy Red Banner order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}
• 151st Independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare between 1989 and 1993 with the MiG-25.{{cite web|url=http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/orap/151oapreb.htm|title=151st independent Aviation Regiment for Electronic Warfare|publisher=Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991|access-date=21 January 2023}}