Chojna Air Base is a former military air base near the town of Chojna in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The airfield was built as Königsberg-Neumark Air Base for the Luftwaffe in the then province of Pomerania.
History 1937–1945 The base was built between 1937 and 1938 for the Luftwaffe. The runway had a grass surface. In the north of the air base there were two very large and three large aircraft hangars and a large repair hangar. Behind the hangars were other farm and accommodation buildings. The first flying unit stationed here, from August 1939, was II./Kampfgeschwader 27. From 1939 to 1945, various pilot schools were also housed here.
1945–1992 On 4 February 1945, Red Army troops occupied the base.
The base was used by the following Soviet Air Force units: 149th Fighter Regiment operating Yak-9s (January 1946 to February 1949) 871st Fighter Regiment operating Yak-9s (February 1949 to December 1952) 582nd Fighter Regiment operating MiG-17, MiG-21F-13, MiG-21PF, MiG-21PFM, MiG-21SMT, MiG-21bis and Su-27 (June 1955 to 5 May 1992) 330th independent Reconnaissance Regiment operating MiG-15Rbis (1956–1963)
On 5 May 1992 the 582nd Fighter Regiment withdrew to Smolensk.
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