Orlovka | |
Ensign: | Flag of the Russian Air Force.svg |
Ensign Size: | 90px |
Location: | Svobodny, Amur Oblast |
Country: | Russia |
Type: | Air Base |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Amur Oblast#Russia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Amur Oblast |
Pushpin Label: | Orlovka |
Ownership: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Russian Air Force |
Used: | 1960 - |
Icao: | XHBO |
Elevation: | 259m (850feet) |
R1-Number: | 15/33 |
R1-Length: | 2500m (8,200feet) |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Orlovka (also given as Orlovke or Vernoye) was an airbase of the Soviet Air Defence Forces in Amur Oblast, Russia located 8 km north of Vernoye, in the Svobodny, Amur Oblast area. It is close to Ukrainka, a Long Range Aviation strategic bomber base. In the 1960s Orlovka was a deployment and dispersal airfield, then was upgraded in the early 1970s following an increase in military forces near the Chinese border after the Sino-Soviet split.[1] [2] Orlovka is a hardened airfield with a large central tarmac area.
The base was closed in 2001 and is since abandoned.
Units stationed at Orlovka included: