Vozdvizhenka (air base)

Vozdvizhenka
Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai in Russia
Vozdvizhenka, April 1972, KH-4 satellite image.
Tupolev Tu-16 at Vozdvizhenka
Vozdvizhenka Shown within Primorsky Krai Show map of Primorsky Krai Vozdvizhenka Vozdvizhenka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	43°54′44″N 131°55′04″E / 43.91222°N 131.91778°E / 43.91222; 131.91778
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Site history
Built	1933 (1933)
In use	April 1933 - present
Airfield information
Elevation	40 metres (131 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 03/21 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Concrete

Vozdvizhenka (also known as Ussuriysk and before the 1960s Voroshilov^[1]) is an air base in Primorsky Krai located close to the village of Vozdvizhenka. This base was dedicated to Pacific heavy long-range bomber fleet, housing the 444th Berlin Order of Kutuzov 3rd degree and Alexander Nevsky Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, part of the 326th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, 37th Air Army.

A declassified CIA document from 1969 showed this was the only base east of the Urals that had the Tupolev Tu-22 Blinder aircraft. Later in the 1970s onward the regiment consisted of supersonic long-range Tu-22M3 bombers.

The 444th Regiment was disbanded in 2009, with some aircraft transferred to the Belaya air base, and others dismantled (removed engines, equipment, and with holes cut in the fuselage). The aircraft carcasses are awaiting final metal cutting. Currently based at the airfield is the aviation commandant of Khurba airbase and the 322 Aircraft Repair Factory (322 ARZ).