Sergeyevka Landing Strip

Military restructuring and severe budget reductions following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The airbase was home to a fighter aviation regiment that was disbanded as part of a large-scale consolidation of Russian military forces. The base was deemed redundant and too costly to maintain.

The airbase is closed and in a state of abandonment. The long concrete runway, extensive taxiways, and numerous hardened aircraft shelters remain visible but are heavily decayed, with cracked pavement and significant vegetation overgrowth. The site is not used for any aviation activities. Some of the buildings and grounds of the former military town (garrison) may be partially repurposed or used for storage by other military ground units, but the airfield infrastructure itself is derelict and being slowly reclaimed by nature.

The site was a major Soviet Air Force facility known as Galyonki Air Base (Аэродром Галёнки), named after the nearby village. Its primary historical significance is being the last home base of the renowned 18th Guards 'Vitebsk' twice Red Banner, Order of Suvorov, Fighter Aviation Regiment 'Normandy-Neman' (18-й гв. ИАП «Нормандия-Неман»). This regiment is the direct successor to the famous Free French 'Normandie-Niemen' squadron that fought alongside Soviet forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. During the Cold War, the base was a key air defense hub in the Soviet Far East, tasked with protecting the strategic Primorsky Krai region and the major Pacific Fleet naval base at Vladivostok. The regiment based here operated advanced fighter aircraft, including the MiG-23MLD and, later, the elite Su-27 Flanker.

There are no known official plans or credible prospects for reopening the airbase. The cost to restore the runway and derelict infrastructure to operational status would be prohibitive. The Russian Aerospace Forces have consolidated their assets at other modernized and strategically located airbases in the region (such as Tsentralnaya Uglovaya and Knevichi), making the reactivation of Galyonki unnecessary. For all practical purposes, it is considered permanently closed.