Step (air base)
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Step is an air base in Chita, Russia
located 14 km northwest of Yasnogorsk. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near an SS-11
missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.
Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:
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located 14 km northwest of Yasnogorsk. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near an SS-11
SS-11
SS-11 may refer to:* SS-11 Sego - Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile UR-100* SS.11 - French anti-tank missile...
missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.
Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:
- 6 APIB (6th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17 in the late 1980s; under 23rd Air Army (Transbaikal Military DistrictTransbaikal Military DistrictThe Transbaikal Military District was a military district of first the Military of the Soviet Union and then the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formed on May 17, 1935 and included the Buryat Republic, Chita Oblast, and Yakutia. Chita was the headquarters of the district...
). - 58 APIB (58th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3 and L-29 aircraft in the late 1980s, and receiving MiG-27 in the early 1990s.. It was under 23rd Air Army (Trans-Baikal).
- 266 OSHAP (266th Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) flying Su-25 aircraft .
External links
- http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/6bap.htm
- http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/shap/58apib.htm