Forgotten Regiment: airfield "Vozdvizhenka" in Primorye

In Primorye, hunted looters was "canned" airfield "Vozdvizhenka", which previously was based 444 th Heavy Bomber Regiment. There still are 18 Tu-22M3 bombers, from which removed all oborudovanie.via





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№5 444 th Bomber Regiment traces its history back to July 1941. In 1941-1945 he was based in the Greater Khabarovsk airport. During the war with Japan, its pilots flew bombers IL-4. In the years 1945-1948 the regiment was in Korea ...



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№7. In the 50-80-ies of the regiment's pilots flew on the Tu-4, B-25 and Tu-16. According to the plan Regiment in 1969 was to go on the Tu-22, but the first flight occurred on this machine only in 1991. Flights by Tu-22M3 were until 2007, but then the military reform put an end to this. Part of the aircraft ferried in Siberia, the remaining left for parts



№8.S bombers were shot radar, engines, equipment enclosures and feed rifle installation, and over the entire surface of fuselages impeller cut square holes. Now these aircraft fully unfit for action



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№10 Now airfield formally is on conservation, but no one guards than hunters are non-ferrous metal.



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