- Orlovka
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Orlovka IATA: none – ICAO: none Summary Airport type Military Operator Russian Air Force Location Vernoye Elevation AMSL 850 ft / 259 m Coordinates 51°15′48″N 128°43′12″E / 51.26333°N 128.72°ECoordinates: 51°15′48″N 128°43′12″E / 51.26333°N 128.72°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 8,202 2,500 Concrete
Orlovka (also given as Orlovke or Vernoye) is an interceptor aircraft base in Amur Oblast, Russia located 8 km north of Vernoye, in the Svobodny, Amur Oblast area. It is a hardened airfield with a large central tarmac area.Units stationed at Orlovka include:
- 404 IAP (404th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with MiG-23P and then Su-27. It was commissioned in 1974 and decommissioned in 2000 [1]. The 404 IAP was dissolved into 23 IAP at Dzemgi.
- 41 IAP (41st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with the MiG-29 starting in 1987 [2].
References
Categories:- Soviet Air Force bases
- Soviet Frontal Aviation
- Soviet Anti-Air Defense
- Russian Air Force bases
- Russian military stubs
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