
Ostrov (Russian: ''Веретье'' ("Veret"); also Ostrov-5, Gorokhovka) is a
Russian Aerospace Forces
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air base
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June 1, 1980, CREST: CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. in
Pskov Oblast
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,
Russia
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located 7 km southeast of
Ostrov and 57 km south of Pskov. It was subordinate to the
Baltic Fleet
The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.
Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...
and was a nuclear bomber facility with 15 very large revetments on the east side of the airfield and about 30 small revetments on the west side. As many as 63
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired af ...
s were based here. A US intelligence analysis in 1984 identified a normal complement of 52 Tu-16 aircraft at Ostrov.
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CIA-RDP84T00491R000100520001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, January 1, 1984. The base hosted the Russian Navy's 444th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Naval Aviation.
The base is now home to the 15th Army Aviation Brigade which was formed during 2013. The brigade operates Ka-52, Mi-28N, Mi-35M, Mi-26 and Mi-8 MTV-5.
NASA
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's
FIRMS imagery indicates that the 3,480 metres long runway has been constructed by hardening the overrun of a pre-existing 2,500 metres long runway, similarly to the
Shaykovka air base
Shaykovka air base (; State airfields index: ЬУБЙ), also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka, is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Kaluga Oblast, Russi ...
.
History
In 1953 the 12th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 116th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division (LRA), arrived from
Tartu
Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...
in the
Estonian SSR
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. In 1960 it was transferred to the
Baltic Fleet
The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea.
Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...
and the Navy and retitled the 12th Naval Missile-carrying Aviation Regiment (12 MRAP). Briefly under the control of the 57th Maritime Torpedo Aviation Division Long-Range, it was subordinated directly to the Baltic Fleet in 1961. It flew
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired af ...
Ks and Tu-16Zs throughout the 1960s to 1980s. The regiment was disbanded on 29 December 1989.
The 240 Gv MRAP (240th Naval Missile-carrying Regiment) flying
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired af ...
, active for many years, was disbanded in 1991. It was reformed in 1995 as the 240th Guards Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment, subordinate to the 444th Center. From 1995 it flew the
Sukhoi Su-24
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...
and
Tupolev Tu-22M
The Tupolev Tu-22M (; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev, Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated ...
3s. Also at the base was the 5501 BKhu (5501st Aviation Equipment Disposal Base) with 74 probably-scrapped
Tupolev Tu-16
The Tupolev Tu-16 (USAF/DOD reporting name Type 39; NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years. While many aircraft in Soviet service were retired af ...
aircraft in 1992).
There is little reliable information on the early history of the airfield.
There is information that the Veretie airfield was built in the mid 1930s. At first, the airfield was used as summer camps. In 1940, on the basis of the Directive of the NKO USSR 0/4104725 of July 25, 1940, the 158th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed and was based at the Veretie airfield. By 22.06.41, the regiment was armed with 46 aircraft
Polikarpov I-16
The Polikarpov I-16 () is a Soviet single-engine single-seat fighter aircraft of revolutionary design; it is a low-wing cantilever monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear, and the first such aircraft to attain operational status. It "in ...
and 20
Yakovlev Yak-1
The Yakovlev Yak-1 () was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978, p. 239.
The Yak-1 was a man ...
. During the war years, the airfield was used by German aviation (judging by the archival photographs - auxiliary and military transport).
In 1953, the 12th TAP DD was redeployed from the Tartu airfield to the Veretie airfield by airplanes
Tupolev Tu-4
The Tupolev Tu-4 (; NATO reporting name: Bull) is a piston-engined Soviet Union, Soviet strategic bomber that served the Soviet Air Force from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. The aircraft was a copy of the American Boeing B-29 Superfortress, ha ...
(a reverse engineered
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is a retired American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the Bo ...
). Until 1954, the 12th TAP remained in the 326th TACB of the 74th Long-Range Aviation Heavy Bomber Corps. In the same year, he, together with the 685th TAP, joined the specially formed 116th Heavy Aviation Division of the 74th UTBAK. This division was created for the development of a new anti-ship missile system
KS-1 Komet
The Raduga KS-1 Comet ( (Крылатый Снаряд: winged projectile), NATO reporting name: AS-1 Kennel) was a Soviet short range air-to-surface missile, primarily developed for anti-ship missions. It was carried on two aircraft, the Tupole ...
. The division management, as well as its regiments (the 12th TAP and the 685th TAP) were stationed at the Veretie airfield. In addition to heavy regiments, the division included the 61st Separate Fighter Aviation Squadron of
SPN SDK-5 aircraft (
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and ...
SDK). The division and the units included in it were assigned to
especially regime objects.
At the end of 1959 - the beginning of 1960, the management of the 116th TAJ and the 685th TAP were disbanded. According to the directive of the Civil Code of the Navy No. OMU / 13028 of 03/27/1960, the 12th heavy aviation regiment was transferred to the BF Air Force and renamed the 12th long-range torpedo aviation regiment. The regiment commander was reassigned to the 61st OIAE Special Forces, based on the Veretie airfield, which was also transferred to the BF Air Force. In July 1960, the 61st OIAE was reorganized into the 12th separate fighter squadron of SPN, without changing the place of deployment.
On April 13, 1961, in connection with the transformation of mine-torpedo aviation into naval rocket-carrying aircraft, on the basis of the Order of the USSR Ministry of Defense No. 0028 of 03/20/1961, the Order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy No. 048 of April 13, 1961 and the Order of Commander BF No. 0036 On April 27, 1961, the 12th OMTAP DD was renamed the ''12th Separate Naval Missile Aviation Regiment''.
In mid-1961, the 12th Special Forces Company, subordinated to the regimental commander, was disbanded.
June 1, 1971, on the basis of the directive of the General Staff of the Navy No. 730 / 1/00186 of February 10, 1971, the 9th Guards. The IRPA, armed with airplanes Tu-16, was transferred to the Baltic Fleet Air Force, redeployed from the
Severomorsk-1
Severomorsk-1 , formerly known as Vayenga-1, is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia south of Severomorsk (formerly called Vayenga). It one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula, second only to Olenya. It can accommodate ove ...
airfield to Veretie airfield. 9th Guards. The entire MTRP was part of the 5th MTAD of the Northern Fleet, with a deployment at the Vaenga airfield (Severomorsk-1). After the end of the war, the armament of the regiment was equipped with the
Ilyushin Il-4
The Ilyushin Il-4 (DB-3F) (; NATO reporting name: Bob) is a Soviet twin-engined long-range bomber and torpedo bomber, widely used by the Soviet Air Force and Soviet Naval Aviation during World War II.
Design and development
In 1938, the Ilyush ...
and A-20 Boston airplanes, then the regiment was re-equipped
Ilyushin Il-28
The Ilyushin Il-28 (; NATO reporting name: Beagle) is a jet bomber of the immediate postwar period that was originally manufactured for the Soviet Air Forces. It was the Soviet Union's first such aircraft to enter large-scale production. It was ...
and
Tupolev Tu-14
The Tupolev Tu-14 (NATO reporting name: Bosun) (USAF/ DOD reporting name: Type 35), was a Soviet twinjet light bomber derived from the Tupolev '73', the failed competitor to the Ilyushin Il-28 'Beagle'. It was used as a torpedo bomber by the mi ...
, in 1956, at Tu-16. One of the reasons for the relocation of the regiment was the need to release the airfield to the 24th separate anti-submarine regiment of the DD on
Ilyushin Il-38
The Ilyushin Il-38 (nicknamed Dolphin) (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It was a development of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop transport.
Design and devel ...
as early as 1968. In 1972, the year of the 9th Guards. the air regiment flew over to the Island.
At the same time, the regiment is preparing for overseas travel to Egypt to provide military assistance to the "brotherly people." The command of the Soviet Navy decided to send a squadron of airplanes (ten cars) to the "hot spot" Tu-16KSR-2-11 from the 9th Guards. MRPA. The commander of the air group was Colonel V. I. Kolchin. The aircraft received camouflage and identification marks of the Arab Republic of Egypt. In late October - early November 1971, Tu-16 aircraft were redeployed to Aswan, where the crews began to study the area of flights in new, unusual for northerners conditions. The aircraft flew in pairs through Hungary and Yugoslavia, the squadron's technical personnel was relocated by aircraft
Antonov An-12
The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...
. The formal task of the squadron was to train Egyptian pilots on Tu-16KSR-2 aircraft.
By June 1972, 10 Egyptian crews were retrained to this rocket system, and in July they received an order to wind down the activities of the Soviet air group. In July 1972, pilots and vehicles of the 9th Guards. The MRPA has left Egypt. Before their departure, all 10 missile carriers were transferred to the Egyptian side. As part of the Air Force ARE of them was formed the 36th Aviation Squadron, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Rauf.
However, despite the categorical demands of the UAR President Anvar Sadat about the complete withdrawal of Soviet military specialists, the Egyptian Air Force commanders had to resort to the help of Soviet Tu-16 specialists. In December 1972, a group of so-called “instructors” from the 9th Guards arrived in Egypt. MRAF BF Air Force, commanded by Major Kornev. The group included: navigators, equipment for all aviation specialties, specialists in rocket equipment and cruise missiles. Under the contract, they worked for six months, and the "missilemen" remained for another three months - until the end of October 1973.
December 31, 1974 9th Guards. MRPA was disbanded. One of the reasons for disbanding the regiment was that it was armed with the KS missile system that was outdated by that time, and it was considered inexpedient to rearm it.
In 1975, the 846th Separate Guards Naval Assault Aviation Regiment of the military unit 39064 was formed at the
era
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Era or ERA may also refer to:
* Era (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
* Calendar era
Education
* Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school
* ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia
* E ...
airfield
Sukhoi Su-17
The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32; NATO reporting name: Fitter) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to enter Soviet serv ...
- the first naval
assault
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aviation regiment in the Naval Aviation of the USSR post-war period. This regiment became the heir of the famous
1st Guards Mine-Torpedo Aviation Regiment The Air Force twice of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, to which all regalia and honorary names were transferred. On May 20, 1980, the regiment was relocated to the airfield
Chkalovsk, Kaliningrad.
In 1978, at the airfield of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet air force of the city of
Bykhaw
Bykhaw or Bykhov (, ; ; ; ; ) is a town in Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located south of Mogilev, and serves as the administrative center of Bykhaw District. In 2009, its population was 17,031. As of 2024, it has a population of 16,349.
His ...
, the 342nd separate air regiment
electronic warfare was formed on Tu-16 aircraft. In 1980, the regiment was transferred to the airfield Veretie, where he worked until 1989, after which the 342nd ERA EW was disbanded, and its units were again returned to the 170th and 240th Guards. Mrapov in Bykhov.
On December 29, 1989, the 12th OMFR of the BF air force was disbanded. The Battle Banner of the regiment was handed over to the archive of the USSR Ministry of Defense, and the aircraft were transferred to the aviation storage base again formed at the Veret airfield (the 5501th reserve base of aircraft and helicopters). From there, the Tu-16K-26 regiment aircraft were transferred to the EBC 170th Guards squadron. MRPA and the 240th Guards. MRPA, gradually replacing the older by the years of release of the Tu-16PSS.
In 1989, the Veretie garrison, after redeploying the 392nd ODRAP there, came under the authority of the SF air force and remained in their structure until 1993.
444th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Naval Aviation
After
the collapse of the USSR in 1992, there were
33rd in Ukraine (Nikolaev/Kulbakino) and the 1063rd (
Saky
Saky ( Ukrainian and ; ) is a city in Crimea. Although it is the administrative centre of the Saky Raion, it does not belong to the raion (district), serving instead as the center and the only locality of Saky Municipality. Population:
Histor ...
) BP and PLC centers of the USSR Navy, 859 CA (
Kacha) whose fate was in question . Naval Aviation of the Russian Federation was left without its own base for training and retraining of flight and engineering staff. The command of the Navy Air Force was faced with the need to create a new Training Center already in Russia. 10.10.1993, the resolution of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was adopted on the creation of a new Center for Naval Aviation. Following this, in December of the same year the order of the General Staff of the Navy to form a new Aviation Training Center of the Russian Navy was issued. According to the directive of the commander of the Navy Air Force of 09/01/1994, the 444th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of the Navy's Air Force Flight Personnel was formed. The first commander of the Center was appointed
Major General A. Ya. Biryukov.
In 1995, the Center formed the Central Officer Courses.
In 1993-94 management of the 132nd naval assault aviation division and the 170th Guards. naval assault air regiment were disbanded, and the 240th Guards. The MSARP and the 392nd ODRAP were reorganized into the new 240th Guards Red Banner Sevastopol-Berlin mixed (instructor-research) aviation regiment of the Navy Air Force. He began to obey the chief of the newly formed 444th pulp and paper industry and the FL. The 444th pulp and paper industry and the 240th AI SAP were called upon to replace, to some extent, the 33rd pulp and paper industry left by independent Ukraine. Preobrazhensky, 540th MRPA (AI) (Kulbakino), 555th Subsidiary Surveillance Unit (AI) (Ochakov), 316th OPLAE (Kulbakino).
In service with the 240th Guards. SAPs were all types of aviation equipment operated at that time by the Russian Federation Aviation Aviation (except helicopters):
Tupolev Tu-154
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M,
Tupolev Tu-142
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,
Tupolev Tu-134
The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain oth ...
UBL, Tu-134UBC,
Tupolev Tu-22M
The Tupolev Tu-22M (; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev, Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated ...
3,
Ilyushin Il-38
The Ilyushin Il-38 (nicknamed Dolphin) (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It was a development of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop transport.
Design and devel ...
,
Sukhoi Su-24
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...
M,
Beriev Be-12
The Beriev Be-12 ''Chayka'' (, NATO reporting name: Mail) is a Soviet turboprop-powered amphibious aircraft designed in the 1950s for anti-submarine and maritime patrol duties.
Design and development
The Beriev Be-12 was a successor to the B ...
,
Antonov An-26
The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twins ...
,
Ilyushin Il-18
The Ilyushin Il-18 (; NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and wa ...
also several training aircraft such as
Aero L-39 Albatros
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On October 1, 2001, the transport
squadron was withdrawn from the 240th Regiment. It is transferred to the newly formed "'' '46th separate transport Red Banner aviation regiment of the Navy '' (central subordination) at the airfield
Ostafyevo. Part of the regiment's aircraft continue to be based at the Veretie airfield.
So, by the beginning of the 21st century, there were stationed at the airfield:
* 444th center BP and PL MA RF in military unit 62751
* 240th Guards. AI SAP military unit 56138
* 46th OTAP CPU (partially)
* Aviation technical base military unit 25504, formed January 7, 1955
*
Repair and Technical Base] military unit 60066, formed on October 20, 1994
* 38th laboratory of measuring equipment, formed on April 6, 2002
* 30th Aviation
military training area
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(
ru), formed May 1, 1943
* separate communications battalion and PTO military unit 62203
* 52nd About in / h 81310, formed on October 1, 2000, from the selected TEC in / h 56138 and 5501-th base of the storage in / h 81310 with saving the last number.
* 5501-I reserve base of aircraft and helicopters (on the basis of TECH), which was involved in the cutting and recycling of aircraft.
On December 1, 2009, the 444th combat use center and the air force and air defense forces of the Navy was disbanded. Aircraft equipment (partially) was transferred to the newly formed 859th Center for Combat Training and Retraining of Naval Aviation flight personnel of the Navy in
Yeysk
Yeysk () is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is built primarily on the Yeysk Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azov. Population:
...
, Krasnodar Territory. 46th OTAP reformed 7055th Guards. The Red Banner Sevastopol-Berlin Avb Navy of the central subordination of the 2nd category based on the Ostafyevo airfield.
In 2013, the Veretie airfield was transferred to
6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
The 6th Red Banner Leningrad Army of Air and Air Defence Forces () is an Air Army of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
The army was first active from 1998 to 2009, and was reformed in 2015. After the war, the Soviet Air Defence Forces' main command i ...
.
According to Google and Yandex satellite maps, at the Veretie airfield (as of 2018) 6 Be-12, 7 Su-24, 1 An-26, 1 Tu-22M3, 1 Tu-134UBL and 1 Tu-142M aircraft are in storage.
15th AA Brigade
The 15th Army Aviation Brigade (4th Air Squadron) was formed in 2013. This formation was formed in the Russian Armed Forces for the first time, instead of the existing helicopter air bases of the second category. For the staffing of the brigade, a new and most advanced equipment is being sent, in particular: on December 25, 2013, the transfer to the combat crew of the 15th brigade of the new helicopters
Mil Mi-28
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N and
Mil Mi-35M
The Soviet and later Russian Mil Mi-24 helicopter has been produced in many variants, as described below.
History
In 1966, Soviet aircraft designer Mikhail Mil created a mock-up design of a new helicopter (derived from the Mil Mi-8) which was ...
took place. On the same day, the team at the Progress Far East plant in Arsenyev, in the presence of the Director General of the Russian Helicopters holding company, Alexander Mikheev, and the commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Lieutenant-General Viktor Bondarev, received 12 new
a52 teams. In addition to these helicopters, the brigade has transport-combat Mi-8MTV-5 and heavy helicopters of the type
Mil Mi-26
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.
Disasters and accidents
29 December 1974. Airplane Tu-16, commander
kn A. Korepanov, class 1. During the flight Ostrov -
Severomorsk-3 the plane collided with a hill at a distance of 18 km from the airfield, due to the incorrect barometric pressure of the landing airfield at
altimeter
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Ty ...
and VD-20. The crew of 7 people died.
13 July 1988. Departure by a pair of Tu-16s in the Barents Sea, in the afternoon. Complicated weather conditions: cirrus cloudy 5 points, visibility 2–4 km. At an altitude of 9900 meters, the leading aircraft, with the smoke of the right engine, with the left bank and an energetic decline, went out of sight of the slave. A rescue plane at the crash site found two oil stains in the sea, floating debris, a LAS-5M-3 boat and personal belongings of crew members of the aft cockpit. The true cause of the disaster could not be established. Crew: Efimov, Usov, Isaenko, Yerknapishyan, Rybaltovsky, Moskalenko - died.
6 October 1998, the plane crash
Sukhoi Su-24
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. The aircraft was driven from the airfield of
Chernyakhovsk
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to Veretie airfield. Before landing, an unauthorized demonstration passage was made over the airfield at near-sonic speed and ultra-low altitude. Due to a pilot error the plane collided with the ground. The crew, consisting of:
commander
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crew
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a - deputy regiment commander
lieutenant colonel Tolmachyov and
navigator
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-
programmer
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major
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Pisarco - died (crew from Chernyakhovsk).
17 July 2001, during celebrations in honor of AVMF Day, while performing a demonstration flight on an
Sukhoi Su-33
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plane, allegedly due to a pilot error, the Deputy Commander of the MA,
Major General of the naval aviation, Hero RF
Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze, died.
8 February 2016, the Mi-8 helicopter made an emergency landing. At 19:21 communication with the crew of the helicopter was interrupted, the search and rescue team found in a wooded area 5 km south of the airfield a burning helicopter and the bodies of 4 crew members.
On June 16, 2016, landing gear broke on a long-range missile carrier bomber Tu-22M3 of the Russian Aerospace Forces (red, registration number RF-94146, serial number 10905). The crew was not injured, the restoration of the aircraft was considered inappropriate. The crew and aircraft from
Shaykovki.
See also
*
List of military airbases in Russia
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References
Citations
Bibliography
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Further reading
*Yefrim Gordon, "Ostrov", ''
AirForces Monthly
''Air Forces Monthly'' (AFM) is a military aviation magazine published by Key Publishing Ltd, based at Stamford in the English county of Lincolnshire in the United Kingdom. Established in 1988, the magazine provides news and analysis on mi ...
'', January 2001, 60–63.
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