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Gvardeyskoye (air base)

Gvardeyskoye or Hvardiiske (; or ) is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Hvardiiske, Simferopol Raion, in Russian occupied Crimea, Ukraine. It is located a few kilometres north of Simferopol International Airport.

The history of flying here began in the 1930s when Polikarpov Po-2s were flown.

The base is home to the 37th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment, which flies the Sukhoi Su-24M (ASCC: Fencer) and the Sukhoi Su-25SM/25UB (ASCC: Frogfoot) under the as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Southern Military District.

The base was home to the from 1990. It came under the control of the Black Sea Fleet.

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