Kirovske / Kirovs'ke / Kirovskoye
Goncharovka (pre 1953)
Kirovske, Crimea in Ukraine
Kirovske is located in Crimea
Kirovske
Kirovske
Location within Crimea
Kirovske is located in Ukraine
Kirovske
Kirovske
Location within Ukraine
Coordinates45°09′55″N 035°10′55″E / 45.16528°N 35.18194°E / 45.16528; 35.18194
TypeAir Base
Site information
OperatorRussian Aerospace Forces
Site history
Built1950 (1950)
In use1950 - present
Airfield information
IdentifiersICAO: URFJ
Elevation53 metres (174 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
10/28 3,000 metres (9,843 ft) Concrete

Kirovske (in US intelligence, Kirovskoye)[1] (Russian: Кировское; Ukrainian: Кіровське) is a Russian Aerospace Forces base located in Kirovske Raion, near the town of Kirovske, Crimea, Ukraine.

The base is home to a detachment of the 929th State Flight Test Centre named for V. P. Chkalov.[2]

Kirovske was the primary anti-submarine warfare (ASW) test and development center for Soviet Naval Aviation, and it worked closely with the flight test center at Akhtubinsk.[3]

An interceptor regiment, the 136 IAP (136th Fighter Aviation Regiment) at Kirovske operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (ASCC: Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[4] These were last seen at Kirovske in August 1979 before the runway was closed for expansion in the early 1980s.[4] Other aircraft such as the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (ASCC: Fresco) and Sukhoi Su-7 (ASCC: Fitter) were known to be present at Kirovske in the 1970s.[5]

The base was used by the 326th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1950 and 1979.[6]

References

  1. ↑ MISSION 1034 22 JUNE - 1 JULY 1966 PART II, July 1, 1966, CREST: CIA-RDP99T01396R000300060001-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  2. ↑ "Russian Air Force - Kirovs'ke (--)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  3. ↑ NEW BEAR VARIANT AKHTUBINSK FLIGHT TEST CENTER, USSR, June 25, 1982, CREST: CIA-RDP82T00709R000101760001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  4. 1 2 PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  5. ↑ OAK SUPPLEMENT PART 20 KH-9 MISSION 1207 11 NOVEMBER 1973 - 20 FEBRUARY 1974, May 1, 1974, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04752A001600010010-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  6. ↑ "326th Kerchenskiy twice Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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