Shaykovka (russian: Шайковка; State airfields index: ЬУБЙ), also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka, is an airbase of the

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located 17 km north of

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. It is a large airfield with hangars and an extensive alert area for fighters. Appears the runway overrun was being built to extend the runway to 3000 m. In 2000,

Tupolev Tu-160 The Tupolev Tu-160 (russian: Туполев Ту-160 Белый лебедь, translit=Belyj Lebeď, translation= White Swan; NATO reporting name: Blackjack) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing heavy strategic bomber designed by the Tupole ...

Tupolev Tu-95 The Tupolev Tu-95 (russian: Туполев Ту-95; NATO reporting name: "Bear") is a large, four-engine turboprop-powered strategic bomber and missile platform. First flown in 1952, the Tu-95 entered service with the Long-Range Aviation of t ...

MS, and

Tupolev Tu-22M The Tupolev Tu-22M (russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. According to so ...

3 aircraft operated out of this base during a training exercise. The

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listed the base as a nuclear site in a study. Units stationed here have included the 73rd gv. iap (''73-й гв. иап: гвардейский истребительный авиационный полк'' - 73rd Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying

Mikoyan MiG-29 The Mikoyan MiG-29 (russian: Микоян МиГ-29; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum) is a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. Developed by the Mikoyan design bureau as an air superiority fighter during the 1970s, the ...

aircraft in the 1990s and 2000s; and the 52nd gv. tbap (''152-й гв. тбап: гвардейский тяжелый бомбардировочный авиаполк'' - 52nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying

Tupolev Tu-16 The Tupolev Tu-16 ( 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, and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People's Liberatio ...

bombers, taking on 19

aircraft starting in 1982, and transitioning to an ITBAP (Instructor Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) in 1989. As of 2020, 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Division was still reported resident at the base flying Tu-22M3 Backfires. In 2021 ''Tu-22M3 Backfires'' from the base forward deployed to Russian bases in Syria for operations and exercises in the region.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 27 June 2022, the Russian Armed Forces fired two Kh-22 anti-ship missiles into central Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast of Ukraine, hitting the Amstor shopping mall and the Kredmash road machinery plant. A fire broke out and the attack killed at least 20 people and injured at least 56.The anti-ship missiles were launched from Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers that took off from the Shaykovka air base. On 7 October 2022 there were reports of a

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attack on the air base, destroying two Tu-22M3 bombers.

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Russian Air Force - people and aircraft: Aircraft at the Shaikovka airfield
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