Engels-2

Engels-2

Infobox Airport
name = Engels-2
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type = Military
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operator = Russian Air Force
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location = Saratov
elevation-f = 121
elevation-m = 37
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r1-length-f = 11483
r1-length-m = 3500
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Engels-2 (also given as Engel's, Engels', or Zngyelse) is a strategic air base in Russia located 14 km east of Saratov. Engels is a major bomber operations base, and is Russia's sole operating location for the Tu-160 "Blackjack". The base contains a 3500 m runway and about 10 large revetments.

In 1955, Engels-2 was only one of six Soviet bases capable of handling the oversized Myasishchev M-4 bomber. The base was to have received the first production Tu-160 in 1987 but it went to Priluki, whose units had Tupolev Tu-22M experience. By 1994 Engels-2 had five Tu-160 bombers in operation. In 1998 the START-1 treaty had shown it had 20 operational Tupolev Tu-95 (Bear) bombers and six Tu-160 bombers, all with cruise missile capability.

External links

* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/engels.htm Engel's at Globalsecurity.org]


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