Salka Airport
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Salka Airport is an airport in Russia
located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil
. This airfield was home to the 765 IAP (765th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), which used Su-9 aircraft from the 1950s until 1980, then transitioned to the MiG-23P. The unit was disbanded in 1994.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
located 17 km northeast of Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated east of the virtual border between Europe and Asia. Population: -History:...
. This airfield was home to the 765 IAP (765th Interceptor Aviation Regiment), which used Su-9 aircraft from the 1950s until 1980, then transitioned to the MiG-23P. The unit was disbanded in 1994.
See also
- Salka Airport