Verino airfield

Verino airfield was a Soviet Air Force based in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Pereyaslavka, Russia and about 35 miles (55 km) south of Khabarovsk. Verino was an 1st Air Army airfield, with the 300 and 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment a mainstay in later years.

Verino
IATA: none ICAO: XHHP
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Krai
Built	Unknown
In use	Unknown
Elevation AMSL	279 ft / 85 m
Coordinates	47°59′52″N 135°05′20″E
Map
Verino Location in Primorsky Krai
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 03/21 8,204 2,500 Concrete

History

The United States Air Force first spotted the airfield during Lockheed U-2 overflights in March 1958.^[1] Analysts found a 7,600 x 150' runway but could not see much detail. Later missions revealed as many as 93 aircraft parked on the ramps,^[2] most of them Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s (ASCC "Fresco").^[3] Around 1970, upgraded aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-15 (ASCC "Flagon,") had arrived, though MiG-17s were still based here.^[4]

By the 1980s, the airfield's interceptor role had diminished and many of the aircraft were replaced with tactical and attack aircraft. These included the Sukhoi Su-24 (ASCC "Fencer") and Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger.