Shaykovka (air base)


Shaykovka (Russian: Шайковка; State airfields index: ЬУБЙ), also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka, is an air base in Kaluga Oblast, Russia located 17 km north of Kirov, Kaluga Oblast. It is a large airfield with hangars and an extensive alert area for fighters. Appears the runway overrun was being built to extend the runway to 3000 m. In 2000, Tupolev Tu-160, Tu-95MS, and Tu-22M3 aircraft operated out of this base during a training exercise.[1] The Natural Resources Defense Council listed the base as a nuclear site in a study.

Kirov Shaykovka

авиабаза Шайковка
Tu-22M landing at Shaykovka
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorRussian Air Force
LocationKirov, Kaluga Oblast
Elevation AMSL666 ft / 203 m
Coordinates54°13′36″N 034°22′18″E
Websitehttps://my-shaykovka.ru/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
8,202 2,500 Concrete

Units stationed here have included the 73rd gv. iap (73-й гв. иап: гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк - 73rd Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-29 aircraft in the 1990s and 2000s; and the 52nd gv. tbap (152-й гв. тбап: гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный авиаполк - 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-16 bombers, taking on 19 Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft starting in 1982,[2] and transitioning to an ITBAP (Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) in 1989.

As of 2020, 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Division was still reported resident at the base flying Tu-22M3 Backfires.[3]

References
  1. "Полёты на аэродроме Шайковка". airforce.ru. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. "Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya". Aviabaza KPOI.
  3. https://www.gfsis.org/maps/russian-military-forces


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