Ostrov (air base)

Ostrov
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Russian Navy
Location		Ostrov
Elevation AMSL		220 ft / 67 m
Coordinates		57°18′0″N 028°26′0″E / 57.3°N 28.433333°E / 57.3; 28.433333Coordinates: 57°18′0″N 028°26′0″E / 57.3°N 28.433333°E / 57.3; 28.433333
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	11,483	3,500	Concrete

Ostrov (also given as Gorokhovka or Kildin) is an air base in Pskov Oblast, Russia located 7 km southeast of Ostrov and 57 km south of Pskov. It was a nuclear bomber facility with 15 very large revetments on the east side of the airfield and about 30 small revetments on the west side. As many as 63 Tupolev Tu-16s were based here. It currently contains the Russian Navy's Combat and Conversion Training Center ^[1].

Units stationed at Ostrov include: 12 MRAP (12th Naval Missile-carrying Aviation Regiment) flying the Tupolev Tu-16, the 240 Gv MRAP (240th Naval Missile-carrying Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-16; 240 Gv OSAP (240th Guards Independent Composite Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-24 and Tupolev Tu-142MZ in the 1990s) ^[2]; and 5501 BKhu (5501st Aviation Equipment Disposal Base) with 74 probably-scrapped Tupolev Tu-16 aircraft in 1992) ^[3]. It is also home to the Navy's Combat and Conversion Training Center.

References

1. ^ Gordon, Yefim (2003). Sukhoi SU-24 (Russian Aircraft in Action). IP Media and Polygon Press. ISBN 1932525017. 
2. ^ Gordon, Yefim (2006). Tupolev Tu-95/Tu-142 Bear: Russia's Extraordinary Intercontinental Heavy Bomber. Midland Publishing. 185780046X. 
3. ^ "Aviatsiya VMF". Aviabaza KPOI. http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/sea/.