Shatalovo (air base)

Shatalovo
Shatalovo
	IATA: none; ICAO: UUBV;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Pochinok (town)
Elevation AMSL	192 ft / 59 m
Coordinates	54°20′24″N 032°28′24″E / 54.34000°N 32.47333°ECoordinates: 54°20′24″N 032°28′24″E / 54.34000°N 32.47333°E
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Shatalovo (also given as Pochinok, Satalovo, and Shatoalovo) is an air base in Smolensk Oblast, Russia located 8 km south of Pochinok. It is a large hardened air base with pads for 19 bombers and 15 fighters in addition to a small amount of tarmac space. It is a nuclear bomber base (Su-24) according to a Natural Resources Defense Council study. During the 1980s it was one of 17 airfields hosting the Soviet Union's tactical reconnaissance aircraft regiments.^[1] The normal complement at the air base in 1984 consisted of 9 to 13 each of the Su-24M and MiG-25R, and 3 to 5 Yak-28R, the latter of which was being phased out.^[1]

History[]

In World War II, the German Luftwaffe occupied the local area and maintained two airfields: "Shatalovka-East" (

54°22′10″N 32°32′10″E / 54.36944°N 32.53611°E) which was later abandoned and returned to farmland, and "Shatalovka-West" (54°20′20″N 32°28′30″E / 54.33889°N 32.47500°E) which became the modern air base.

The 32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was stationed at the base from 1968 until it disbanded on 30 June 1989.^[2] It was part of the 9th Fighter Aviation Division headquartered at Kubinka.

Shatalovo was home to 164 ORAP (164th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25 and Su-24 aircraft and 47 Gv ORAP (47th Guards Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25RB aircraft.^[3] It was also used by 1046 TsBP i PLS (1046th Aircrew Combat Training and Retraining Centre) flying 17 MiG-25, 14 Su-17C, and 13 Su-24 aircraft in 1991.^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b STATUS OF SOVIET TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE FORCES USSR/EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED), March 22, 1984, CIA-RDP84T00491R000101240001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
^ "32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.

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[cia84-1] STATUS OF SOVIET TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE FORCES USSR/EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED), March 22, 1984, CIA-RDP84T00491R000101240001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[2] "32nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2019-01-27.

[AirPower-3] Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

[ADD-4] "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com.

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