Rzhev (air base)

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Rzhev
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Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Serves		Rzhev
Elevation AMSL		636 ft (194 m)
Coordinates		56°15′36″N, 034°24′30″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	8202	2500	Concrete

Rzhev (Russian: Ржев) (also given as Ryev, Rzev, Rjzev) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 5 km east of Rzhev. It was a Tupolev Tu-128 depot airfield during the Cold War, operated by BKhAT (Aviation Equipment Storage Base) ^[1]. The airfield also had an interceptor role during the 1960s and 1970s with the 23 IAP (23rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-9 jets. This regiment was disbanded in the 1980s but was resurrected a decade later at Dzemgi in the Russian Far East.

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