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Coordinates: 56°15′36″N 034°24′30″E / 56.26000°N 34.40833°E

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Rzhev
Rzhev-3

Ржев-3

Rzhev, Tver Oblast in Russia

Rzhev

Shown within Tver Oblast

Rzhev

Rzhev (Russia)

Coordinates

56°15′36″N 034°24′30″E / 56.26000°N 34.40833°E

Type

Air Base

Site information

Owner

Ministry of Defence

Operator

Russian Air Force

Site history

Built

1950

In use

1950 - present

Airfield information

Elevation

194 metres (636 ft) AMSL

Runways
Direction	Length and surface
06/24	2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Rzhev (Russian: Ржев) (also given as Ryev, Rzev, Rjzev) is an air base of the Russian Air Force in Tver Oblast, Russia located 5 km east of Rzhev. It was a Tupolev Tu-128 (ASCC: Fiddler) depot airfield during the Cold War, operated by BKhAT (Aviation Equipment Storage Base).^[1]

The airfield also had an interceptor role with the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment (23 IAP PVO) between 1950 and 1980.^[2] The 23 IAP initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (ASCC: Fishpot) in the 1960s.^[3] It was named for "Fifty Years of the Soviet Union" in 1972. The regiment ceased using the Su-9 in 1979 or 1980^[3] and was then disbanded in 1980. (It should not be confused with a 23rd IAP that was formed in 2000 by the merging of 60 and 404 IAPs later at Dzyomgi Airport in the Russian Far East.) The base was also used by the 445th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1951 and 1961 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (ASCC: Fresco).^[4]

In 1966 the 1082nd Aviation Repair Base became the 514th Aviation Repair Plant.^[5]

When the airfield was imaged in 1981, US analysts observed 102 Su-9 aircraft in storage and noted the south dispersal area had become a regional storage facility for the type.^[3] The storage base, seemingly V/Ch 03532, was reportedly disbanded in 1980^[6] Other similar designations included the 4044 Aviation Base and the 4884 BRS (Base for Reserve Aircraft).^[7]

The base is still home to the 514th Aviation Repair Plant.^[8]

References

^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
^ "23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni 50th Anniversary SSSR". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
^ "445th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO imeni Leninskiy Komsomol". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
^ "АО "514 авиационный ремонтный завод"".
^ "ФОРУМ МОСКОВСКОГО ордена Ленина округа ПВО".
^ Бурдин, Сергей (2022-04-16). Дальний перехватчик Ту-128. Уникальный авиационный ракетный комплекс (in Russian). Litres. ISBN 978-5-04-345856-8.
^ "Russian Aircraft Repair Plants - Rzhev-3 (UUER)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 4 January 2023.

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