Shaykovka air base

Shaykovka
авиабаза Шайковка
Kirov, Kaluga Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Shaykovka air base
Tu-22M landing at Shaykovka in 2017
Shaykovka Shown within Kaluga Oblast Show map of Kaluga Oblast Shaykovka Shaykovka (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	54°13′36″N 34°22′18″E / 54.22667°N 34.37167°E / 54.22667; 34.37167
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	Long-Range Aviation
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)
In use	1937 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: XUBJ
Elevation	203 metres (666 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 16/34 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Shaykovka air base (Russian: Шайковка; State airfields index: ЬУБЙ), also given variously as Kirov Shaykovka, Anisovo Gorod, Anisovo Gorodishche, Shaykovo, Shajkovka, Gorodische, Chaikovka, is an airbase of the Russian Aerospace Forces in Kaluga Oblast, Russia located 17 km north of Kirov, Kaluga Oblast. It is a large airfield with hangars and an extensive alert area for fighters. NASA's FIRMS indicates the runway overrun has been hardened to extend the runway to 3000 m. In 2000, Tupolev Tu-160, Tupolev Tu-95MS, and Tupolev Tu-22M3 aircraft operated out of this base during a training exercise.^[1] The Natural Resources Defense Council listed the base as a nuclear site in a study.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2020, the 52nd Heavy Bomber Regiment of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Division was still reported resident at the base flying Tu-22M3 Backfires.^[2][3] In 2021 Tu-22M3 Backfires from the base forward deployed to Russian bases in Syria for operations and exercises in the region.^[4]