Kansk (air base)

Kansk
IATA: none ICAO: XNKG
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Kansk
Elevation AMSL	1,037 ft / 316 m
Coordinates	56°7′24″N 095°39′48″E / 56.12333°N 95.66333°E / 56.12333; 95.66333Coordinates: 56°7′24″N 095°39′48″E / 56.12333°N 95.66333°E / 56.12333; 95.66333
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 05L/23R 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Kansk-Dalniy is an air base in Russia located 9 km south of Kansk. It is a fighter base with about 10 remote revetments.

Station history[]

Up until 2009, Kansk was home to the 712 IAP (712th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-17 aircraft during the 1970s, MiG-25, Su-15 aircraft during the 1980s and MiG-31 aircraft during the 1990s.^[1][2] In 2009 the regiment was retitled the 6979th Air Base.

An old 2000m runway, with no taxiways, exists between the city and airfield.

In December 2012, six modernized fighter jets MiG-31BM entered service with the Kan Air Group.^[3][4] Aviation Group "Kansk" is on combat duty for air defense of administrative, industrial and military facilities in its area of responsibility.

Previously, the regiment consisted of MiG-15, MiG-17 and . The 712 th Guviap fought in World War II, first on I-16 fighters and then on La-5. Before World War II, the regiment was based in the Far East and took part in border conflicts.

From the mid-1980s until 1994, the airfield was based on 15 OASO (Separate Aviation Rescue Squad), armed with the Tupolev amphibian, Mi-8T, An-12BP.

Until the mid-1990s, the 662nd training regiment of the 22nd school of air gunners-radio operators, (military unit 15435), which was armed with aircraft L-39, An-2, was also based on the airfield. , An-24 HRV.

The now inactive Runway 2000 meters long is located between the city and the airfield (the former airfield

airport 56°09′36″N 95°42′41″E / 56.160°N 95.711346°E / 56.160; 95.711346, closed in 1990s).

Accidents and incidents[]

• In April 2008, a serious accident occurred. At the 21st minute of the flight, at an altitude of 16,213 m and a true speed of 2,414 km / h, the folding part of the lantern of the first cockpit, in which Lieutenant Colonel Kozitsky KN was located, broke down and depressurized both cabins aircraft. The crew took actions to reduce speed and altitude in extremely low temperatures (below −55 degrees Celsius), and then made a safe landing at the airfield. For the courage and high professionalism shown, the crew consisting of lieutenant colonel of Vladimir Prikhodko and Konstantin Kozitsky was presented with state awards.^[5]

See also[]

• List of regiments of the Russian Air Force

Links[]

• The command of the Air Force presented to the awards lieutenant colonels V. Prikhodko and K. Kozitsky for saving the aircraft after depressurization

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