Google Maps Observation
Observation of Military Facilities on Google Maps.
Air Force Base of Russia / ex-USSR
Air Armies of the Supreme High Command
- Engels Air Base
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Engels Air Base is the headquarter of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Air Division "Donbass" which operates Tu-160 Blackjack long-range bomber.
We can see 14 Tu-160s and many Tu-95s from this image. - Shaykovka Air Base
- 52nd Heavy Bomber Air Regiment which operates Tu-22M3 Backfire headquarters at this base.
- Soltsy Air Base
- Soltsy Airbase is the HQ of the 840th Heavy Bomber Air Regiment which operates Tu-22M3 Backfire.
- Ukrainka Air Base
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Ukrainka is one of Russia's largest strategic air force bases in the Far East.
It is the HQ of the 326th Heavy Bomber Air Division. - Belaya Air Base
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Belaya is a significant strategic air base in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
It mainly operates Tu-22M bomber. - Ryazan/Dyagilevo Air Base
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HQ of the 43rd Centre for Combat and Flight Personnel Training.
Many bombers such as Tu-16, Tu-95 and Tu-22M are parked. - Orenburg Air Base
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This base is the HQ of 117th Military Transport Air Regiment.
Numerous transporters are parked in apron.
Moscow Military District
- Andreapol Air Base
- About 20 of MiG-29s are parked.
- Bezhetsk / Dorokhovo Air Base
- 611th Fighter Aviation Regiment which operates Su-27 fighter bases at this airbase.
- Borisoglebsk Air Base
- Many attackers such as Su-24 and Su-25 are parked in apron.
- Buturlinovka Air Base
- Su-25 attackers are visible in apron.
- Ivanovo/Severnii Air Base
- A large base for transporters.
- Kubinka Air Base
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Kubinka Air Base is the home of the Russian Knights (Russian: Q
{yu Byxy),an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force.
We can see specially-painted Su-27 and Su-35 parked on apron. - Kursk Air Base
- This base is the home of the 14th Fighter Aviation Regiment.
- Michurinsk Air Base
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Michurinsk (also given as Michurinsk Northwest, and Kozlov (before 1932)) is an air base in Russia located 9 km northwest of Michurinsk.
It is the site of a well-maintained military training airfield. - Zhukovsky Air Base
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Zhukovsky, a small town located 35 km southeast of Moscow, has been important for Russian aviation throughout the last 50 years.
The town is named for Nikolai Zhukovsky - the renowned scientist known as the father of Russian aviation. - Nizhniy Novgorod Air Base
- We can see about 12 of Mig-31 Foxhound intercepters are parked in apron.
- Pravdinsk Air Base
- This is a small base located 38km northwest from Nizhniy Novgorod Air Base.
- Protasovo Air Base
- This base seems to operate helicopters such as Mil-8 and Mil-24.
- Seshcha Air Base
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This base has unusual large ring taxiway.
There are numerous revetments along the ring.
Leningrad Military District
- Arkhangelsk Air Base
- Two Tu-22M bombers are parked in revetments.
- Besovets Air Base
- 159th Fighter Aviation Regiment which operates Su-27 fighter headquarters at this base.
- Kilp Yavr(Polyarnyy) Air Base
- This base is a headquarter of the 9th Fighter Aviation Regiment which operates Su-27 fighters.
Volga-Urals Military District
- Koltsovo Air Base
- 5th Air Army, currently Russian Air Force's smallest Air Army, headquarters at this base.
- Troitsk(Uprun) Air Base
- 320th Independent Transport Squadron of Search & Rescue Service which operates Mil-8 helicopter is based at this airbase.
North Caucasus Military District
- Krasnodar Air Base
- Krasnodar Airbase is the HQ of the 1st Composite Air Division and 461st Assault Aviation Regiment.
- Morozovsk Air Base
- Morozovsk AB is home to the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment which operates Su-24 all-weather interdiction and attack aircraft.
- Krymskaya Air Base
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3rd Fighter Aviation Regiment bases at this airbase.
We can see a large number of Su-27 Flankers are parked from the image. - Mozdok Air Base
- This airbase was used as an attack base during Chechen War.
- Astrakhan Northwest Air Base
- Numerous MiG-29 fighters are parked.
- Vladimirovka Air Base
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A variety of aircrafts are parked in this airbase.
MiG-23(27?) and MiG-29, Su-27, Su-17(?)~1, Su-24~1, Su-25~6, Su-27~3ASu-33~7, Tu-22M~1, Su-24~7 and Jetliner~2.
Siberian Military District
- Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
- Large International airport and HQ of the 14th Air Army.
- Dzhida Air Base
- 21st Composite Air Division headquarters at this airbase.
- Bratsk Airport
- Two MiG-31s is visible.
Far East Military District
- Khabarovsk Air Base
- A airbase for fighters close to the city of Khabarovsk.
- Chernigovka Air Base
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187th Shturmovik Air Regiment headquarters at this airbase.
A lot of helicopters and Su-25 attackers are visible. - Chuguevka(Sokolovka) Air Base
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The base rose to prominence in September 1976 when a MiG-25 from Chuguyevka, piloted by Victor Belenko, defected to Hakodate, Japan.
This incident was a major security breach for the Soviet Union.
530th Intercepto Aviation Regiment bases at this base. - Dzemgi Air Base(Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
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Dzemgi is the HQ of the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.
The image shows more than 50 Su-27 Fighters parked around the airfield. - Uglovoe Air Base
- About 26 Su-27 fighters are parked.
Naval Air Base of Russia / ex-USSR
Northern Fleet
- Olenegorsk(Olenya) Air Base
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Olenegorsk Airbase is the HQ of the 924th Separate Maritime Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment.
We can see numerous Tu-22M bombers parked in apron. - Severomorsk-1 Air Base
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Severomorsk-1 is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 4 km south of Severomorsk.
It is one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula, second only to Olenegorsk and can accommodate over 40 bombers. - Severomorsk-2 Air Base
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Severomorsk-2 is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast.
It is a relatively small airfield compared to nearby Severomorsk-1. - Severomorsk-3 Air Base
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Severomorsk-3 is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 28 km east of Murmansk.
The main operator of Severomorsk-3 has been 279 OMSHAP (279th Independent Naval Shturmovik Aviation Regiment).
Some Su-33 fighters and Su-25 attackers for Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier are parked in apron in east side of runway.
Pacific Ocean Fleet
- Alekseyevka/Mongokhto Air Base
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This is large naval airbase located 29 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan.
The Navy nuclear weapons storage is either at this airfield or at Maygatka. - Yelizovo Air Base
- A lot of MiG-31 are parked at alert pads.
- Nikolayevka Naval Air Base
- This airbase is HQs of the 289th Independent Anti-submarine Air Regiment.
Baltic Fleet
- Chkalovsk/Kaliningrad Naval Air Base
- This airbase is HQ of the 689th Independent Fighter Aviation Regiment which operates Su-27 fighter.
- Chernyakhovsk Naval Air Base
- 4th Independent Naval Assault Aviation Regiment based at this airbase.
- Donskoe Naval Air Base
- A naval airbase whiche located nearly Russia's most extreme western point.
- Khrabrovo Naval Air Base
- 398th Independent Air Transport Squadron bases at this airbase.
Black Sea Fleet
- Kacha Naval Air Base
- A naval airbase located at west side of Crimean@peninsula.
- Gvardeyskoye Naval Air Base
- Very large naval air base located in Crimean@peninsula.
Other Facilities
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Soyuz rocket (Gagarin's) launch pad
A gigantic launch pad that Gagarin was launched.
Misc
- Jetliner in flight
- It probably had taken off from Khabarovsk airport.
- Semipalatinsk Air Base
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This is a airbase of Kazakhstan Air Defense Force.
18 MiG-31s are parked in apron in east end of runway. - Gostomel Airport / Antonov Airport
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This airport located in Ukraine is used by Antonov Airlines. It is also home to a major Antonov aircraft test facility.
The image shows the world's biggest aircraft An-225 Mriya parking at the airport. - Saki Air Base@(Ukraine)
- A large airbase for bombers.It has a special ground-based test bed incorporating a Ski jump and NITKA system.
- Baranovich Air Base
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Large airbase of Belarusian Air Force.