Vorkuta Sovetsky (air base)
Military airfield in Komi Republic, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military airfield in Komi Republic, Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vorkuta Sovetskiy (also known as Vorkuta East) is a military airfield in the Komi Republic, Russia, located 11 km east of Vorkuta. It was one of nine Air Army staging bases in the Arctic for Russian bomber units.[1][2] It contains one of the largest runways in Russia's Arctic region.
Vorkuta Sovetsky | |||||||
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Vorkuta, Komi Republic in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 67°27′56″N 064°18′28″E[1] | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1960 | ||||||
In use | 1960 - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: XUYK | ||||||
Elevation | 192 metres (630 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Sovetskiy was built in the early 1960s as a staging base for intercontinental Long-Range Aviation bomber strikes (as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). The airfield was first identified by Western intelligence in 1961.[3] It is maintained by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The 364 OSAE (364h Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron) was based here between 1980 and 1994 with the Antonov An-12 (NATO: Cub), Antonov An-26 (NATO: Curl) and Mil Mi-8 (NATO: Hip).[4]
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