Shatalovo (air base)
Military airport in Smolensk Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shatalovo is an air base in Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast of the Russian Aerospace Forces as part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Western Military District.
Shatalovo | |||||||
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Pochinok, Smolensk Oblast in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 54°20′24″N 032°28′24″E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
Controlled by | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
Built | 1968 (1968) | ||||||
In use | 1968 - present | ||||||
Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Identifiers | ICAO: UUBV | ||||||
Elevation | 153 metres (502 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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The base is also known as Pochinok, Satalovo, and Shatoalovo. It is a large hardened air base with pads for 19 bombers and 15 fighters in addition to a small amount of tarmac space. It is a nuclear bomber base (Su-24) according to a Natural Resources Defense Council study.[citation needed] During the 1980s it was one of 17 airfields hosting the Soviet Union's tactical reconnaissance aircraft regiments.[1] The normal complement at the air base in 1984 consisted of 9 to 13 each of the Sukhoi Su-24M and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25R, and 3 to 5 Yakovlev Yak-28R, the latter of which was being phased out.[1]