Dombarovsky Yasnaya
Yasny,Orenburg Oblast in Russia
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Strategic Rocket Forces
Location
Dombarovsky Shown within Orenburg Oblast Show map of Orenburg Oblast Dombarovsky Dombarovsky (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	51°02′56″N59°51′12″E / 51.04889°N 59.85333°E /51.04889; 59.85333
Site history
In use	1953-present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XWTD
Elevation	265 metres (869 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface  Concrete
Helipads Number Length and surface 04/22 210 metres (689 ft) Concrete

Dombarovsky (also given asDombarovskiy andTagilom) is amilitary airbase 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northwest of the village of Dombarovsky, nearYasny in Russia'sOrenburg Oblast. Operated by theSoviet Air Defence Forces and later by theRussian Air Force, it hostedfighter interceptor squadrons and hosts anICBM base (which has been adapted for commercial satellite launches) with a supporting helicopter base.

The site is divided into three sites:

• The former main runway and dispersals:51°05′35″N59°50′45″E / 51.09306°N 59.84583°E /51.09306; 59.84583^[1]
• The current ICBM base:50°48′12″N59°30′59″E / 50.80333°N 59.51639°E /50.80333; 59.51639^[2]
• The current ICBM support helicopter base:51°02′56″N59°51′12″E / 51.04889°N 59.85333°E /51.04889; 59.85333 home to the84th Independent Helicopter Squadron of the13th Red Banner Rocket Division^[2]

The facility featured three revetment compounds.

The 412th Fighter Aviation Regiment (412 IAP PVO) flew from the base from August 1949 with the La-11, MiG-15, and MiG-17 to 1962.^[3] By the 1970s it was flying theSukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) aircraft.^[4] The regiment replaced it in 1978 with theMikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M (Flogger-B).^[4] From 1953-60 it reported to the101st Fighter Aviation Division PVO, and then to the19th Air Defence Corps of the4th Independent Air Defence Army. It disbanded in 1993.

Other reporting of the763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (763 IAP) flying MiG-23 aircraft in 1991^[5] appears to be incorrect. The 763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was, it appears from more recent data, flying fromYugorsk-2.

Dombarovsky is also the home of the 13th Dombarovsky Red Banner Division,31st Missile Army of theStrategic Rocket Forces. The base was built during the mid-60s along with the majority of theSovietICBM bases.

The first base commander was Major-General Dmitri Chaplygin.^[6] Up to 10 units of Strategic Rocket Forces were based in the area, each with anywhere from 6 to 10 operational silos. At the peak of operations, Dombarovsky maintained a total of 64silos on full alert. By 2002, according to the Russian press, the number had dropped to 52. The missiles deployed in the region were primarily the RS-20 type and its sub-variants.

On 22 December 2004, the Rocket Forces conducted from the base a test launch of anR-36M2 to theKamchatka Peninsula.^[7]

Western investigative outletsDanwatch (Denmark) andDer Spiegel (Germany) exposed a large amount of confidential information on the modernization of the base in May 2025, retrieving "more than two million documents" on the Russian Strategic Missile Forces over several years from a public database for contractors. These include detailed information on the building projects, incl. groundplans, electricity, piping, usage of the rooms by staff, and even surveillance cameras. They confirmed the base as being used for the new hypersonicAvangard system.^[8]

With the conversion of the R-36M ICBM for use as a satellitelaunch vehicle, theDnepr system, Dombarovsky has launched a number of commercial payloads. These civilian launches are operated by the Russian Air Force^{[citation needed]} on behalf of the launcher's operator, Russian/Ukrainian consortiumKosmotras. Kosmotras calls the facilityYasny launch base, and has constructed additional facilities necessary for commercial satellite launch operations, includingclean room integration facilities.^[9]

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