Dombarovsky

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Dombarovsky
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Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Serves		Dombarovsky
Elevation AMSL		869 ft (265 m)
Coordinates		50°48′0″N, 059°31′0″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	8202	2500	Concrete

Dombarovsky (also given as Dombarovskiy and Tagilom) is an interceptor aircraft base in Orenburg Oblast, Russia located 6 km northwest of the village of Dombarovsky. The facility featured three revetment compounds.

Units stationed at Dombarovsky include:

• 412 IAP (412th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying Su-9 aircraft in the early 1970s and MiG-23M aircraft in the late 1970s. The 412 IAP disbanded in 1993.
• 763 IAP (763rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 aircraft in 1991 ^[1]. There is uncertainty about this regiment.

Dombarovsky was also the home of the Dombarovsky Red Banner Division of the Strategic Rocket Forces, the 13th such division in service. The base was built during the mid-60's along with the majority of the Soviet ICBM bases. The first base commader was Major-General Dmitri Chaplygin.^[2] Up to 10 units of Strategic Rocket Forces were based in the area, covering anywhere from 6 to 10 operational silos. At the peak of operations, Dombarovsky maintained a total of 64 silos on full alert. By 2002, according to the Russian press, the number had dropped to 52. The missiles deployed in the region were primarily the RS-20 type and its sub-variants. Imagery of the missile base can be easily obtained by Google Earth, showing the transport network and individual silos northeast towards Lake Zhetykol.

Recent developments have seen Dombarovsky used as the launch site for space rockets; on the 12th of July, a Dnepr rocket was sent into orbit carrying a commercial payload.

[edit] Sources and References

1. ^ Aviatsiya PVO. Aviabaza KPOI.
2. ^ Dombarovskiy (Yasny) ICBM site