RavnetsAir Base , also known as 5th Fighter Air Base, is a former military air force base located near Ravnets, Bulgaria. Located on the Black Sea coast, 20 km west of Bourgas. Date built 1950. Home to the HQ and 1st Sqn of the 15th FAR, 2nd Air Defence Division, initially with the MiG-21 but in 1989 received the MiG-29. Since 1994 called the 6th Fighter Air Base of the Tactical Air Corps. Closed in 2000 and demolished.
Short history
Ravnets Air Base housed a squadron of the 17th Fighter Air Regiment - an integral part of the 2nd Air Defence Division. Later, as 5th Fighter Air Base it was put under the newly established Air Defence Corps and its squadron was named "Sharks". The base was considered elite because of its proximity to the Turkish border and its task to protect the oil refinery near Burgas, which is deemed of strategical importance to the country. That is the reason for the squadron to be the first transiting to the MiG-29. As the base deactivated the air unit was moved to Graf Ignatievo, where it is currently residing as 2nd Squadron of the 3rd Fighter Air Base.
History
On August 14, 1950, the 26th Flying Airpolk. 15th Avirpolk is the first step in the recovery of the reactive technology in Bulgaria - May 1950 - Yak-23. In the second half of 1951 the regiment was rearmed with MiG-15. On April 14, 1952, the unit was transported to Bezmer Airport and four months later to the newly built Ravnets Airport. A little later, the regiment was hugged with the MiG-17F. From May 1963 the 15th Yap became a double base - two squadrons at Ravnets Airport. one squadron at Balchik Airport, MiG-17F. In 1967, the first 15th squadron was rearmed with 12 MiG-21FPM fighters. In 1970 the regiment again entered the two-story structure - the first squadron in Ravnets and the second in Balchik. In 1978, a second squadron was rearmed with the MiG-21FMM. For a year, the regiment was again with a three-layer structure - the third squadron was again set up with the idea of being disarmed with instant-25PD interceptors, but soon this idea was abandoned. the interest of Gabrovnitsa's rearmament with the MiG-23MDD. In 1988, a first part of the ITS departments and departments undergo training in the USSR, and from summer of the following year it became a MiG-29 firearm which ended in 1990, Since 1990, the second squadron has been rearmed with the MiG-21bis. Since September 1, 1994, the 15th place has been disbanded and two air bases have been created at its base - 5 in Ravnets and 6 in Balchik. In 2000, the fifth aaab was converted to the 5th Air Base, which virtually ceased to exist.
