Baherove (air base)
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| Coordinates | 45°24′25″N 036°14′41″E / 45.40694°N 36.24472°E | ||||||||||
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.jpg)  UKFR Location of Baherove Air Base in Crimea | |||||||||||
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Baherove Air Base (Ukrainian: Багерове авіабаза, Russian: Багерово авиабаза; also Bagarovo or Bagerovo) is an air base in Baherove, Crimea. It is located 3 km northwest of Baherove village, and 14 km northwest of Kerch. The airfield is an "out-of-class" airport, which can accommodate aircraft of all types. The airfield was abandoned in 1996.
History
Baherove Air Base was the 71st Air Force training ground, also known as "Polygon". It was established in Baherove on August 21, 1947 by
A fighter regiment was attached to the 71st Air Force Test Range until the 1960s.[1]
The airfield had a 3.5 km (2.2 mi) concrete runway, 100m (328ft) wide, which still stands. It was one of the USSR's three airstrips built for the space shuttle Buran.[2][3]
In 1973, the
The runway was updated in the late 1980s with a standard PAG-18 concrete surface layer. The branch and school were transferred to Ukrainian Air Force in 1992 and dissolved in 1996, with the garrison falling into neglect.
After Russia's annexation of the peninsula in 2014, the air base was dismantled by Russian authorities in 2016 and only two partially intact taxiways remain.
References
- ^ "513th Kamenets-Podolskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment". Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ "Багерово. Обсуждение на LiveInternet - Российский Сервис Онлайн-Дневников". www.liveinternet.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
- ^ Baherove Air Base
- ^ "228th Training Aviation Regiment". ww2.dk.