Orlovka (air base)

Orlovka
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 128.72000°E / 51.26333; 128.72000Coordinates: 51°15′48″N 128°43′12″E / 51.26333°N 128.72000°E / 51.26333; 128.72000
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

  1. ↑ "Discussions, avia.ru forum". Avia.ru.
  2. ↑ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.


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