Ivanovo Severny (air base)
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Ivanovo Severny | |||||||
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| Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast in Russia | |||||||
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  Ivanovo Severny Shown within Ivanovo Oblast  Ivanovo Severny Ivanovo Severny (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 57°3′30″N 040°58′54″E / 57.05833°N 40.98167°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | Military Transport Aviation | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1935 | ||||||
| In use | 1935 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UUDI | ||||||
| Elevation | 137 metres (449 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Ivanovo Severny (also Ivanovo North or Zhukovka) is an air base in Russia located 6 km north of Ivanovo. It is a large transport operation airfield with hangars and significant tarmac space. The runway was built in 1935 and upgraded in 1965. The airfield received the Soviet Union's first Ilyushin Il-76 delivery on June 3, 1974.
The base is home to the 144th Airborne Early Warning Aviation Regiment of the 12th Military Transport Aviation Division and the 4th Centre for Combat Application and Crew Training.[1]
US intelligence summaries from 1957 showed 25 Tupolev Tu-4 (ASCC "Bull") bomber aircraft and 17 Lisunov Li-2 (ASCC "Cab") aircraft operated at Ivanovo Severny.[2] The 27th Bomber Aviation Regiment was based here until the 1950s.
On the night of July 6, 1957, during landing, a Tu-4 bomber (commanded by A.I. Shcheglov) crashed into the forest near Strokino station and exploded. All 10 crew members were killed.
Ivanovo Severny was home to the 81st Military Transport Aviation Regiment (81 VTAP) of Military Transport Aviation. It flew Il-76, An-12, and An-22 aircraft, and was disbanded in 1998. It is also home to 2457 Air Base of SDRLO flying the Beriev A-50.[3]
The base is home to the 610th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Military Transport Aviation Flight Personnel (610th CBP i PLS) which uses the A-50 and A-50U AWACS.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Ivanovo/Severnyy (UUDI)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Airfield Activity in the USSR and Satellites, 2 October 1957, HTA-M36-57, CREST Document CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2022. p. 23.
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