It is located 70 km North-West of the capital Baku in Sitalchay, a village and municipality in the Khizi Rayon.

The first eleven production aircraft were assigned to the 80th or 60th Separate Assault Aviation Regiment, based at Sitalchay, in April 1981.

[2] In June 1981, the 200th Separate Assault Aviation Squadron was formed at Sitalchay and then deployed to Afghanistan.

In August 1992, despite the provisions of the Tashkent Treaty which directed an orderly transfer of ex-Soviet forces to the republics, Azeri troops seized the entire regiment and its aircraft.

[5] Although confirming that Israel is seeking such access, political circles in Azerbaijan deny such consent from Baku.