Kamensk-Uralsky Kamensk-Uralskii/Traviany | |
Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Aerospace Forces.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Kamensk-Uralsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Country: | Russia |
Type: | Air Base |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Sverdlovsk Oblast#Russia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Pushpin Label: | Kamensk-Uralsky |
Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Russian Aerospace Forces |
Controlledby: | 14th Air and Air Defence Forces Army |
Used: | - present |
Icao: | XSSU |
Elevation: | 153m (502feet) |
R1-Number: | 11/29 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Kamensk-Uralsky, also known as Travyany, is a military air base near the village of Travyanskoye in the vicinity of the city of Kamensk-Uralsky, in the Sverdlovsk Oblast.
From 1948 to 1998(?) it was home to the 605th Training Aviation Regiment (UchSH Li-2(?); Il-28; Tu-124Sh; Tu-134Sh; Tu-16) of the Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators.[1]
The base is home to the 17th Guards Army Aviation Brigade.[2]
The call sign for the airfield is 'Welcome' .[3] In December 2018, the aviation brigade station at the base was reorganized and equipped with Mil Mi-24 attack helicopters, around which a new squadron was formed. Previously the base had been equipped with Mi-8 MTV-5 and Mi-8 MTV-5-1.[4] The airport is notable as one of only two units in Russia that deal with the provision of space flights.