Soltsy-2

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Soltsy-2
IATA: - ICAO: XLLL
Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Soltsy
Elevation AMSL 266 ft (81 m)
Coordinates 58°8′48″N, 030°19′54″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 9842 3000 Concrete

Soltsy-2 (also spelled Sol'tsy, Soltsy, Solcy, Solcy 2, Sol'tsakh, and Soltsakh) (ICAO: XLLL) is an air base in Novgorod Oblast, Russia located 2 km north of Soltsy and 72 km southwest of Novgorod. It contains large aircraft revetments, with a separate compound of 9 hardened areas about 1 mile from the airfield.

It comprises the headquarters of 326 TBAD (326th Heavy Bomber Division). The 840 TBAP (840th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flew Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft from 1976 through the 1990s [1].

Natural Resources Defense Council lists Soltsy-2 as a nuclear weapons facility.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya. Aviabaza KPOI.


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