Chekurovka (air base)
Military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the rural locality, see Chekurovka.
Chekurovka was an Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi.[2] It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use.[2] It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward.[2] Its status and condition are unknown.
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Chekurovka | |||||||
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Chekurovku, Chekurovke, Чекуровка | |||||||
Tiksi, Sakha in Russia | |||||||
Coordinates | 71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E | ||||||
Type | Air Base | ||||||
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Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Soviet Air Forces | ||||||
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Built | 1960 (1960) | ||||||
In use | 1960-1968 (1968) | ||||||
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Identifiers | ICAO: ZAR3 | ||||||
Elevation | 248 metres (814 ft)[1] AMSL | ||||||
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Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.[3]