Bobrovka (air base)

Bobrovka was a military air base in Samara Oblast, Russia, and is now a civilian airfield.

The base largely served the interceptor role for the Soviet Air Defence Force,[1] and from 1960 was part of 4th Independent Air Defence Army.

[1] The base was home to the: With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the regiment became part of the Russian Air Defence Forces.

237th Independent Helicopter Squadron (Military Unit Number 34395) equipped with Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters, was created in 1998 on the basis of the disbanded 437th and 95th training helicopter regiments, based in Ozinki and Serdobsk, respectively (the latter was based at the Tashchilovka airfield, now closed, near the railway station of the same name).

In 2001, the unit was joined by the 1st squadron (Mi-24 helicopters) from the 793rd separate transport and combat helicopter regiment (military unit 62977), based in the area of the village of Kinel-Cherkassy (based at the airfield of the same name, now abandoned).