Akhtubinsk (air base)
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Akhtubinsk is military base, which belongs to Russian aviation research and testing military institution 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. P. Chkalov located at Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia.[1][2]
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Akhtubinsk | |||||||||
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Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan Oblast in Russia | |||||||||
Coordinates | 48°18′31″N 46°12′15″E | ||||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||||
Site information | |||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||
Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||||
Site history | |||||||||
Built | 1948 (1948) | ||||||||
In use | 1948 - present | ||||||||
Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||||
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Identifiers | ICAO: URWH | ||||||||
Elevation | 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) AMSL | ||||||||
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The then-State Red Banner GK Scientific Research Institute VVS was moved to the base from Chkalov in Moscow Oblast in 1960, and the 1st (fighters and fighter-bombers), 2nd (bombers), 5th (radio range), 9th (route measuring complex), and 10th (nuclear test) Scientific-Experimental Departments of the Institute were set up at Akhtubinsk that year.[2]
In 1990 the institute received its current name.
The aerodrome was in use for testing as early as 1948; in June 1948, V. D. Lutsenko, a test pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union crashed in an aircraft of unknown type. On October 27, 1949, test pilot E.S. Greenfield died in a crash of a La-15 aircraft at Akhtubinsk during the first show of aviation equipment. On April 9, 1963 test pilot V. I. Grotsky died during a test flight of a Sukhoi Su-7B fighter-bomber aircraft near Akhtubinsk airfield.