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Military airfield in Komi Republic, Russia
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.
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It contains one of the largest runways in Russia's Arctic region.
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.
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It is maintained by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The 364 OSAE (364h Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron) was based here between 1980 and 1994 with the
Antonov An-12
(NATO: Cub),
Antonov An-26
(NATO: Curl) and
Mil Mi-8
(NATO: Hip).
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References
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HALO A HEAVY LIFT HELICOPTER VORKUTA AIRFIELD EAST, USSR
, CIA-RDP89-00121R000300570004-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, April 4, 1982.
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STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS RELATED ACTIVITIES SUMMARY REPORT (SANITIZED)
, June 1, 1980, CREST: CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION OAK REPORT
, CIA-RDP78T05164A000200010007-7, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, July 15, 1961.
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"364h independent Mixed Aviation Squadron"
. Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991
. Retrieved
19 December
2022
.