Shatalovo | |||||||
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| Pochinok, Smolensk Oblast in Russia | |||||||
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  Shatalovo Shown within Smolensk Oblast, Russia  Shatalovo Shatalovo (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 54°20′24″N 32°28′24″E / 54.34000°N 32.47333°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
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| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1968 | ||||||
| In use | 1968 - present | ||||||
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
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| Identifiers | ICAO: UUBV | ||||||
| Elevation | 153 metres (502 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Shatalovo is an air base in Pochinok, Pochinkovsky District, Smolensk Oblast of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It was[when?] part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army, Western Military District.[not verified in body]
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]
- ^ a b STATUS OF SOVIET TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE FORCES USSR/EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED), March 22, 1984, CIA-RDP84T00491R000101240001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.