Uzbekistan - Air Force

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Beside the more modern Mi-35M, the Mi-24P is still widely used with the Uzbek AF. Serial 82 is seen here undergoing maintenance at ChARZ.

ChARZ

Recently, Uzbekistan obtained some western aircraft from the Airbus consortium, like this H215M with serial 201. These are based at Chirchiq.

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Chirchiq (--) Чирчиқ (Chirchikh)
RWY 08/26, HEL POS 41°30'48"N 069°34'31"E ELEV 2283 ft Google Maps
Brigade / Regiment	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
66th Separate Helicopter Regiment 66-й отдельный вертолетный полк (66 OVP)		H125M H215M Mi-8MTV Mi-24P

	.. Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron .. Отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья (.. OSAE)	C295M-W

Chirchik Aircraft Repair Plant Chirchiq Aviatsiya Taʼmirlash Zavodi Чирчикский Авиационный Ремонтный Завод (CHARZ)		overhaul and modifications of: L-39 Mi-8/17/171 Mi-24 overhaul and modernisation of: An-2 Su-25 Yak-52

Fergana (UTFF)
RWY 18/36 POS 40°21'30"N 071°44'41"E ELEV 2052 ft Google Maps
Brigade / Regiment	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
.. Separate Mixed Aviation Regiment .. Отдельный смешанный авиационный полк (.. OSAP)		H215M

Jizzax (UTED) Жиззах (Jizzakh/Dzhizak)
RWY 04/22 POS 40°15'09"N 067°54'38"E ELEV 1042 ft Google Maps
Brigade / Regiment	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
Higher Military Aviation School Jizzax Oliy Harbiy Aviatsiya Bilim Yurti		An-2 Yak-52

The Higher Military Aviation School moved from Jizzakh (Dzhizak) to Karshi-Khanabad. The An-2 and Yak-52 were still at Jizzakh in 2021.

Karshi/Khanabad AB (UTSL) K2
RWY 07/25 POS 38°50'01"N 065°55'19"E ELEV 1311 ft Google Maps
Brigade / Regiment	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
60th Separate Mixed Aviation Brigade 60-я отдельная смешанная авиационная бригада (60-я САБР) (60 OSAB)		MiG-29 MiG-29UB

		Mi-8 Mi-8MTV Mi-171E Mi-35M

59th Separate Mixed Aviation Brigade 59-я Отдельная смешанная авиационная бригада (59-я САБР) (59 OSAB)		Su-25 Su-25BM Su-25UB

Higher Military Aviation School Jizzax Oliy Harbiy Aviatsiya Bilim Yurti		L-39C

The Higher Military Aviation School moved from Jizzakh (Dzhizak) to Karshi-Khanabad. The An-2 and Yak-52 were still at Jizzakh in 2021.

Standard NATO-grey is the colour now worn on Uzbek fighter aircraft, like this Su-25 with serial 36.

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Fully armed, this Uzbek air force MiG-29s is seen on finals.

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Toshkent/Islom Karimov Intl (UTTT) Тошкент/Ислом Каримов (Tashkent/Yuzhny)
RWY 08L/26R, 08R/26L POS 41°15'24"N 069°16'54"E ELEV 1417 ft Google Maps
Brigade / Regiment	Squadron	Aircraft Type(s)	Badge
	... Separate Mixed Aviation Squadron .. Отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья (.. OSAE)	Il-76MD

The large cargo hauler of the Uzbek air force is the Ilyushin 76, wearing both a civil registration and a military one.

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