Orlovka (air base)
For the town in Kyrgyzstan, see Orlovka, Kyrgyzstan.
| Orlovka | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||||||||||
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| 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 128.72000°ECoordinates: 51°15′48″N 128°43′12″E / 51.26333°N 128.72000°E | ||||||||||
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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
- ↑ "Discussions, avia.ru forum". Avia.ru.
- ↑ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.
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