Step (air base)
| Step Olovyannaya | |||||||
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| Chita, Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia | |||||||
| File:NASA FIRMS 2024-10-13 Step.png Satellite imagery of Step air base | |||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Location | |||||||
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| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1948 | ||||||
| In use | 1948 - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XIAS | ||||||
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Step (also Olovyannaya) is an air base in Chita, Russia located 14 km northwest of Yasnogorsk. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near an SS-11 missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.
The 849th Assault Aviation Regiment, part of the 253rd Assault Aviation Division, was stationed at Step up until 1956.[1]
Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:
- 6th Aviation Regiment of Fighter-Bombers (6 APIB) flying Sukhoi Su-17 in the late 1980s; under 23rd Air Army, Transbaikal Military District.
- 58th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (58 APIB) flying Su-17M3 and L-29 aircraft in the late 1980s, and receiving MiG-27 in the early 1990s. It was under 23rd Air Army (Trans-Baikal).
- 266th Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment (266th Assault Aviation Regiment, 266 OShAP) flying Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft.[2] Disbanded circa 2009.
The base appears to have been closed after a boiler room fire in December 2009. Thereafter, the base was reopened and the 266th Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment was reformed with at least two squadrons of Sukhoi-25s in 2019.[3] The regiment by this time had been shifted into the Eastern Military District's 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
As of 2024[update] satellite imagery shows runway 09/27 to be 3.10 km.
See also
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lenskii & Tsybin 2014, pp. 57–58.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/6bap.htm
- http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/shap/58apib.htm
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