Sandagou Chuguyevka Air Base
| military, former air force base
Russia /
Primorje /
Chuguyevka /
World
/ Russia
/ Primorje
/ Chuguyevka
, 6 km from center (Чугуевка)
World / Russia / Primor'ye
military, former air force base
Chuguevka
Alternate names: Chuguyevka, Sandagou (US), Sokolovka(Chuguyevka), Sakharovka (erroneous), Sokolovka, Bulyga-Fadeyevo (US)
Location: 9km S Chuguyevka, Primorski, RU
Coordinates: 44°04.9'N 133°52.2'E (Google TerraServer Multimap GeoURL)
Elevation: 305 m (1001 ft)
ICAO: UHS2
Runway: 2500 m (8202 ft) (CONCRETE)
Military units: 530 IAP (MiG-31, 1991)[#1][#7], (36 MiG-25P, 1991)[#1]. /// Housed MiG-17s before the 1970s. The MiG-25Ps were phased out in the 1990s. Possibly a few MiG-25R recce aircraft remain, but this is speculative.
Base's objective was to counter SR-71 flights over Vladivostok. A MiG-25 from Chuguyevka, piloted by Viktor Belenko, defected to Hakodate, Japan on 6 September 1976. Small number of reveted pads.The Bulyga-Fadayevo name appeared on 1970s JNC charts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8Rb0QHHx8
Alternate names: Chuguyevka, Sandagou (US), Sokolovka(Chuguyevka), Sakharovka (erroneous), Sokolovka, Bulyga-Fadeyevo (US)
Location: 9km S Chuguyevka, Primorski, RU
Coordinates: 44°04.9'N 133°52.2'E (Google TerraServer Multimap GeoURL)
Elevation: 305 m (1001 ft)
ICAO: UHS2
Runway: 2500 m (8202 ft) (CONCRETE)
Military units: 530 IAP (MiG-31, 1991)[#1][#7], (36 MiG-25P, 1991)[#1]. /// Housed MiG-17s before the 1970s. The MiG-25Ps were phased out in the 1990s. Possibly a few MiG-25R recce aircraft remain, but this is speculative.
Base's objective was to counter SR-71 flights over Vladivostok. A MiG-25 from Chuguyevka, piloted by Viktor Belenko, defected to Hakodate, Japan on 6 September 1976. Small number of reveted pads.The Bulyga-Fadayevo name appeared on 1970s JNC charts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv8Rb0QHHx8
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belenko
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°5'10"N 133°52'12"E
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