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Troops of the Russian 102nd Military Base at Republic Square, Yerevan during the 2016 Armenian Independence Day military parade. This article lists military bases of Russia abroad. The majority of Russia's military bases and facilities are located in former Soviet republics; which in Russian political parlance is termed the "near abroad".
It is one of the 13 military airbases in Libya. [ 5 ] During the final phase of the Chadian-Libyan conflict , Maaten al-Sarra was the main air base in Southern Libya, [ 6 ] having three modern runways and parking space for over 100 combat aircraft .
Libya: 1977–2011 Port Arthur, Bohai Bay China: 1945–1956 It was the largest Soviet base abroad in the 1940s to 1950s. Cam Ranh Base Vietnam: 1979–2002 Pasha Liman Base, Vlore Albania: 1955–1962 It was the only Soviet base in the Mediterranean in the 1950s. [5] Porkkala Naval Base Finland: 1944–1956 Signals intelligence facility. Rostock
In the weeks since Bashar al-Assad was ousted as Syrian leader, Russia has launched multiple flights to an airbase in the Libyan desert. Moscow’s goal appears to be to find an alternative ...
Military situation in Libya in November 2018. In October 2018, the British tabloid The Sun cited British intelligence officials that two Russian military bases had been set up in Benghazi and Tobruk, in eastern Libya, in support of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar who leads the Libyan National Army (LNA) in that country's civil war. It was said the ...
Kirovskoye air base Occupied Crimea: Flight Test Centre (Maritime) Feodosia and Dzhankoi Occupied Crimea: 18th Anti-Aircraft Regiment S-400; Pantsir-S1; Dzhankoi helicopter base Occupied Crimea: Mi-35M Mi-28N Ka-52 Mi-8AMTSh Gvardeyskoye air base Occupied Crimea: Su-25SM Su-24M/Su-24MR Saki air base Occupied Crimea: Su-30SM Su-24MR/Su-24M Kacha ...
While the overall number of overseas military bases has fallen since 1945, the United States, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Russia and France still possess or utilize a substantial number of them. Smaller numbers of overseas military bases are operated by China, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those in Russian occupied Crimea. It can be compared with the List of Soviet Air Force bases; virtually no new airbase construction has taken place since 1991. The main air armies are the: 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army which is part of the Southern Military District