- Shatalovo
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name = Shatalovo
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type = Military
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operator =Russian Air Force
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location = Pochinok (town)
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r1-length-f = 8202
r1-length-m = 2500
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footnotes =Shatalovo (also given as Pochinok, Satalovo, and Shatoalovo) is an air base in
Smolensk Oblast ,Russia located 8 km south of Pochinok. It is a large hardened air base with pads for 19 bombers and 15 fighters in addition to a small amount of tarmac space. It is a nuclear bomber base according to aNatural Resources Defense Council study.Shatalovo was home to 164 ORAP (164th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying
MiG-25 andSu-24 aircraft and 47 Gv ORAP (47th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25RB aircraft cite book| title = Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation | last = Butowski | first = Pyotr | publisher = AIRtime Publishing, Inc | date = 2004 ] . It was also used by 1046 TsBP i PLS (1046th Aircrew Combat Training and Retraining Centre) flying 17MiG-25 , 14 Su-17C, and 13Su-24 aircraft in 1991 cite web| title = 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK | publisher = Brinkster.com | url = http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm ] .References
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