Shaykovka
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| Kirov Shaykovka | |||
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Serves | [[Kirov, Kaluga Oblast]] | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 666 ft (203 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8202 | 2500 | Concrete | |
Shaykovka (also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka) is an air base in Kaluga Oblast, Russia located 17 km north of Kirov, Kaluga Oblast. It is a large airfield with hangars and an extensive alert area for fighters. Appears the runway overrun was being built to extend the runway to 3000 m. In 2000, Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack), Tu-95MS (Bear), and Tu-22M3 (Backfire) aircraft operated out of this base during a training exercise. The Natural Resources Defense Council listed the base as a nuclear site in a study.
Units stationed here have included the 73 IAP (73rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 aircraft in the 1990s and 2000s; and the 52 Gv TBAP (52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-16 bombers, taking on 19 Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) aircraft starting in 1982 [1], and transitioning to an ITBAP (Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) in 1989.
[edit] References
- ^ Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya. Aviabaza KPOI.
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