Savatiya (air base)
Appearance
Savatiya Savatiya-Kotlas | |||||||
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Kotlas, Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 60°59′42″N 046°52′12″E / 60.99500°N 46.87000°E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1967 | ||||||
In use | 1967 - 2010 | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: ULKS | ||||||
Elevation | 97 metres (318 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Savatiya (also Kotlas South, Savati, or Savvatiya) (ICAO: ULKS) is a former Russian Air Force air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 29 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment (445 IAP) between 1967 and 1993, which received Tupolev Tu-128 (ASCC: Fiddler) aircraft in 1967, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (ASCC: Foxbat) aircraft by the late 1970s, and Mikoyan MiG-31 (ASCC: Foxhound) by the 1990s.[1][2] It is also listed as being home to 458th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment (458 IAP) which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s.[3]
The base was also used by the 470th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment from 1993.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ "445th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni Leninskiy Komsomol". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ "72nd Guards Polotskiy order of Suvorov Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
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