Varfolomeyevka (air base)

Varfolomeyevka
Varfolomeyevka
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Russian Air Force
Location	Arsenyev
Elevation AMSL	567 ft / 173 m
Coordinates	44°15′43″N 133°24′33″E
Runways

Varfolomeyevka (also given as Varfolomeyevka South (US)) is an air base in Primorsky Krai, Russia. During the 1980s it was one of 17 tactical reconnaissance aircraft bases in the Soviet Union, and one of two such bases in the Far East region along with its sister base Vozzhayevka.[1]

During the 1960s the primary aircraft assigned were Ilyushin Il-28R (Beagle).[2] By 1984 the aircraft had been modernized with 20 to 30 Yak-28R (Brewer-D/E) and 2 to 16 MiG-21R (Fishbed-H) reconnaissance jets. During the 1980s the Soviet Union was replacing these aging aircraft with its third-generation tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Su-17MR,[3] but it is unknown whether any were assigned to Varfolomeyevka.

In the first decade of the 21st century the airfield hosted regiments of the Russian 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.

An unpaved airfield given as Varfolomeyevka Southwest (44°16′45″N 133°24′38″E) existed 2 km north of Varfolomeyevka South in 1960s Western intelligence documents[4] and was still visible in 1984 Landsat imagery.

References

STATUS OF SOVIET TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE FORCES USSR/EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED), March 22, 1984, CIA-RDP84T00491R000101240001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
ORDER OF BATTLE (Sanitized), July 1, 1965, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
DEPLOYMENT OF FITTER H - NEW SOVIET FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE VARIANT, February 1, 1981, CIA-RDP81T00380R000100440001-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT CHRONOLOGY OF AIRFRAME PLANT 116 ARSENYEV, USSR, CIA-RDP02T06408R001100010020-6, January 1, 1968, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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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] ORDER OF BATTLE (Sanitized), July 1, 1965, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

[3] DEPLOYMENT OF FITTER H - NEW SOVIET FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE VARIANT, February 1, 1981, CIA-RDP81T00380R000100440001-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC

[4] PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT CHRONOLOGY OF AIRFRAME PLANT 116 ARSENYEV, USSR, CIA-RDP02T06408R001100010020-6, January 1, 1968, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.