Savatiya (air base)
| Kotlas Savatiya | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: ULKS | |||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||
| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Kotlas | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 318 ft / 97 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°59′42″N 046°52′12″E / 60.99500°N 46.87000°ECoordinates: 60°59′42″N 046°52′12″E / 60.99500°N 46.87000°E | ||||||||||
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Savatiya (also Kotlas South, Savati, or Savvatiya) (ICAO: ULKS) is an air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 36 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445 IAP (445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) which received Tupolev Tu-128 (Fiddler) aircraft in 1967, MiG-25 aircraft by the late 1970s, and MiG-31 by the 1990s.[1] It is also listed as being home to 458 IAP (458th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s.[2]
References
- ↑ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ↑ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
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