Vozzhayevka (air base)
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Vozzhayevka (also Vozzhayevka Northeast (US)) is an air base in Amur Oblast, Russia located about 100 km southeast of Blagoveshchensk. It is a medium-sized air base located near an SS-11 missile field at Svobodnyy. During the 1980s it was one of 17 airfields hosting the Soviet Union's tactical reconnaissance aircraft regiments.[1]
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Vozzhayevka, Amur Oblast in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 50°46′12″N 128°46′36″E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
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Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
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Built | 1948 (1948) | ||||||
In use | 1948 - present | ||||||
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Identifiers | ICAO: UHWV | ||||||
Elevation | 225 metres (738 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Units stationed at Vozzhayevka include:
- 293 ORAP (293rd Independent Aviation Reconnaissance Regiment) and 56 APIB (56rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-17M3R (NATO: Fitter) aircraft in the late 1980s [2] and the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO: Foxbat) until 1987. The regiment was under 1 OA (1st Air Army, i.e. Far East Air Army).