Vorkuta Sovetsky | |||||||
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| Vorkuta,Komi Republic in Russia | |||||||
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 Tupolev Tu-95 bomber in 2011. | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
  Vorkuta Sovetsky Shown within Komi Republic Show map of Komi Republic Vorkuta Sovetsky Vorkuta Sovetsky (Russia) Show map of Russia | |||||||
| Coordinates | 67°27′56″N64°18′28″E / 67.46556°N 64.30778°E /67.46556; 64.30778[1] | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1960 (1960) | ||||||
| In use | 1960 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XUYK | ||||||
| Elevation | 192 metres (630 ft)AMSL | ||||||
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Vorkuta Sovetskiy (also known asVorkuta East) is a military airfield in theKomi Republic,Russia, located 11 km east ofVorkuta. It was one of nine Air Army staging bases in the Arctic for Russian bomber units.[1][2] It contains one of the largest runways in Russia's Arctic region.
Sovetskiy was built in the early 1960s as astaging base for intercontinentalLong-Range Aviation bomber strikes (as a so-called 'bounce' airdrome). The airfield was first identified by Western intelligence in 1961.[3] It is maintained by OGA (Arctic Control Group). The 364 OSAE (364h Independent Mixed Aviation Squadron) was based here between 1980 and 1994 with theAntonov An-12 (NATO: Cub),Antonov An-26 (NATO: Curl) andMil Mi-8 (NATO: Hip).[4]
A small settlement, Sovetsky, stands to the north of the airfield.[5]
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