Verino | |
Icao: | XHHP |
Type: | Military |
Owner: | Ministry of Defence |
Operator: | Russian Air Force |
Location: | Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Krai |
Built: | Unknown |
Used: | Unknown |
Elevation-F: | 85m (279feet) |
Elevation-M: | 85 |
Pushpin Map: | Russia Khabarovsk Krai |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Label: | Verino |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Primorsky Krai |
R1-Number: | 03/21 |
R1-Length-F: | 8204 |
R1-Length-M: | 2500 |
Verino airfield was a Soviet Air Force based in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located 5km (03miles) northeast of Pereyaslavka, Russia and about 35 miles (55 km) south of Khabarovsk. Verino was an 1st Air Army airfield, with the 300 and 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment a mainstay in later years.
The United States Air Force first spotted the airfield during Lockheed U-2 overflights in March 1958.[1] Analysts found a 7,600 x 150' runway but could not see much detail. Later missions revealed as many as 93 aircraft parked on the ramps,[2] most of them Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s (ASCC "Fresco").[3] Around 1970, upgraded aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-15 (ASCC "Flagon,") had arrived, though MiG-17s were still based here.[4]
By the 1980s, the airfield's interceptor role had diminished and many of the aircraft were replaced with tactical and attack aircraft. These included the Sukhoi Su-24 (ASCC "Fencer") and Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger.