Allstedt

 294th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment

FB-3 Manpower Bunker at the 294th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Air Base.

The Su-17M3R "Fitter H" replaced the MiG-21R in 1980. We do not know for sure how many "Fishbed" squadrons comprised the 294.ORAP. However, the fact remains that the regiment had only two Su-17 squadrons totalling precisely twenty-four Su-17M3R and six Su-17UM3 "Fitter-G" Sparka twin-seat aircraft for training and operational conversion.
It was a two-stages withdrawal, with one of the squadrons repatriated to Soviet Union already by the end of 1990, whereas the second departed Allstedt on May 21, 1991 (only to make an route stop at Gross Dölln) shortly before the base closure. One squadron was transferred to the 313.ORAP at Vaziani in Georgia and a second went to the 98.OGRAP "Svirskiy" at Monchegorsk in the Murmansk district in Russia, while the 294.ORAP was disbanded in June of the same year. It must be noted that, unlike other 16.VA unit departures observed at the same time, the 294.ORAP withdrawal did not take place under the negotiated general withdrawal of Soviet forces from Germany, but rather under the CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) agreements on force reduction in Europe.
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Allstedt  Russian Air Base or independent 294th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.
Flew with 24 Su -17 Fitters M3R and six Su- 17UM
21-05-1991 at this Basic abandoned by the Russians
This base is always surrounded with strange stories about the the Aircraft codes.
black Codes and 3 numbers? furthermore there are 4 with Orange Codes perhaps the 29 who I did photograpth at Templin and a couple with Rode codes include 12,21,41,48 and 91 .

FB-3 Manpower Bunker at the 294th Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment Air Base.

Since Jul-2022