Nizhyn Air Base

Nizhyn is an air base in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Nizhyn. It was operated by the Soviet Long Range Aviation and Ukrainian Long Range Aviation. It is a medium-sized bomber base with a modern design and is being used to store some of Ukraine's older bombers. The airfield has 33 large revetments along a curved taxiway.

Nizhyn
Airport Overview
IATA: none ICAO: UKRN
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Location	Nizhyn
Elevation AMSL	440 ft / 134 m
Coordinates	51°6′0″N 031°52′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 9,842 3,000 Concrete

During 1964-67 the base began converting to the Tupolev Tu-22R (Blinder) and by 1967 it had 24 Tu-22s based here.[1] The reconnaissance variants were tasked with operations in Western Europe. In July 1969 two Tu-22 aircraft collided in mid-air; the crew ejected and the plane flew on unpiloted for 52 minutes, threatening the city of Nizhin before crashing 0.5 km from the city's railway station.[1] In November 1988 three Tu-22R were deployed to Mozdok to fight in Afghanistan, but returned to base a week later without seeing any combat.[1] Some Tu-22s were sent to Nizhyn for disposal, probably in the 1990s.[1]

Units stationed at Nizhyn include:

• 199 ODRAP (199th Independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-22R from 1964 to the 1990s,[2][3] and the Tu-22RDK, Tu-22K, and Tu-22UD as of 1991.[2]

airforce.ru says that on December 30, 1996, the regiment was reorganized as the 18 separate Long Range Aviation Squadron. In the battle of the An-30B - 6 units., Tu-22P - 3 units., Tu-22U - 1 unit.[4] Furthermore, on February 22, 1999, Decree #242 of the Verkhovna Rada 18 odrae transferred to the Ministry of Emergency Situations and renamed 300 Special Aviation Squadron MOE.