Fedotovo (air base)

Fedotovo
IATA: noneICAO: XLWF
Summary
Airport type Military
Operator Russian Navy
Location Vologda
Elevation AMSL 574 ft / 175 m
Coordinates 59°11′18″N 039°7′24″E / 59.18833°N 39.12333°E / 59.18833; 39.12333Coordinates: 59°11′18″N 039°7′24″E / 59.18833°N 39.12333°E / 59.18833; 39.12333
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 11,483 3,500 Concrete


Fedotovo, located near railway station Kipelovo on a major railway to St.Peterburg, is a Russian Navy air base in Russia located 44 km west of Vologda. It is a large base for long-range aircraft, with 20 revetments in a remote area and large tarmac along parallel taxiway. Built in 1963, Fedotovo was an unnamed military town but took on the name of the first commander of 392 ODRAP, Lt. Col. A. S. Fedotov, who was killed in an aircraft crash in 1966. Fedotovo was a major source of Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-142 flights overshadowing the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet. The base provided reconnaissance for the North Fleet Air Arm.[1]

Units stationed at Kipelovo include:

35 PLAD (In Russian: 35 Противо Лодочный Авиационный Полк - Protivo Lodochnyy Aviatsionnyy Polk = 35th Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Division) - this division grouped both regiments equipped with Tupolev Tu-142M (Bear-F) aircraft (76th and 135th PLAP DD) stationed there.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gordon, Yefim (2006). Tupolev Tu-95/Tu-142 Bear: Russia's Extraordinary Intercontinental Heavy Bomber. Midland Publishing. 185780046X.
  2. 1 2 "Aviatsiya VMF". Aviabaza KPOI.
  3. The Significance of Soviet Tu-95RTs Bear D Deployments in West Africa. National Intelligence Interagency Intelligence Memorandum 77-010C (April 1977), TOP SECRET, declassified 1999. Central Intelligence Agency. 1977.
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