Vorkuta Sovetsky
Vorkuta Sovetskiy (also known as Vorkuta East) is a military airfield in the Komi Republic, Russia located 11 km east of Vorkuta. It was one of nine Air Army staging bases in the Arctic for Russian bomber units.[1][2] It contains one of the largest runways in Russia's Arctic region.
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 Tupolev Tu-95 bomber at Vorkuta Sovetsky | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Vorkuta | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 630 ft / 192 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°27′56″N 064°18′28″E[1] | ||||||||||
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Sovetskiy was built in the early 1960s as a staging base for intercontinental Long Range Aviation bomber strikes (as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). The airfield was first identified by Western intelligence in 1961.[3] It is maintained by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The 364 OSAE (364th Independent Composite Aviation Squadron) was based here, but it is unknown what type of aircraft were operated.
References
- HALO A HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTER VORKUTA AIRFIELD EAST, USSR, CIA-RDP89-00121R000300570004-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, April 4, 1982.
- STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS RELATED ACTIVITIES SUMMARY REPORT (SANITIZED), June 1, 1980, CREST: CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT, CIA-RDP78T05164A000200010007-7, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, July 15, 1961.
See also
- Chekurovka, abandoned Arctic staging base
- Aspidnoye (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
- Tiksi West, abandoned Arctic staging base
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