Orlovka (air base) explained

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:

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170124000839/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78T05162A000200010005-4.pdf SOVIET DEPLOYMENT AND DISPERSAL AIRFIELDS ALONG THE CHINA BORDER AND IN MONGOLIA
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20170123131702/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP78B03826A000500020069-3.pdf CABLE (SANITIZED) FROM NPIC
  3. Web site: ((404th Tallinskiy order of Kutuzov Fighter Aviation Regiment)).