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Ivanovo Severny (also Ivanovo North or Zhukovka) is an air base in Russia located 6 km north of Ivanovo. It is a large transport operation airfield with hangars and significant tarmac space. The runway was built in 1935 and upgraded in 1965. The airfield received the Soviet Union's first Ilyushin Il-76 delivery on June 3, 1974.
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Ivanovo | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 449 ft / 137 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°3′30″N 040°58′54″E | ||||||||||
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US intelligence summaries from 1957 showed 25 Tupolev Tu-4 Bull bomber aircraft and 17 Lisunov Li-2 Cab aircraft operated at Ivanovo Severny.[1]
Ivanovo Severny was home to 81 VTAP (81st Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76, An-12, and An-22 aircraft. It was decommissioned in 1998. It is also home to 2457 Air Base of SDRLO flying the Beriev A-50.[2]
The base is home to the 610th Center for Combat Use and Retraining of Military Transport Aviation Flight Personnel (610th CBP i PLS) which uses the A-50 and A-50U AWACS.[3]
It is not to be confused with the civilian Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport.
References
- Airfield Activity in the USSR and Satellites, 2 October 1957, HTA-M36-57, CREST Document CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. March 2022. p. 23.
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- [en] Ivanovo Severny (air base)
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