Step (air base)

Step
Step
	IATA: none; ICAO: XIAS;
Summary
Operator	Russian Air Force
Coordinates	51°1′0″N 115°26′0″E / 51.01667°N 115.43333°ECoordinates: 51°1′0″N 115°26′0″E / 51.01667°N 115.43333°E
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Step (also Olovyannaya) is an air base in Chita, Russia located 14 km northwest of . It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near an SS-11 missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.

Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:

6 APIB (6th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17 in the late 1980s; under 23rd Air Army (Transbaikal Military District).
58 APIB (58th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3 and L-29 aircraft in the late 1980s, and receiving MiG-27 in the early 1990s.. It was under 23rd Air Army (Trans-Baikal).
266 OSHAP (266th Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) flying Su-25 aircraft.^[1]

References[]

^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

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[AirPower-1] Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.

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