Lakhta air base

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Arkhangelsk Lakhta
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Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Russian Navy
Serves		Arkhangelsk
Elevation AMSL		102 ft (31 m)
Coordinates		64°23′0″N, 40°43′0″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
08/26	9514	2900	Concrete

Lakhta (also described as Kholm, Katunino, Novodvinsk, Lahta, or Pervomaysk) is a naval air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 22 km southeast of Arkhangelsk. It was home to 574 MRAP (574th Naval Missile-carrying Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-16 and Tupolev Tu-22M bombers ^[1]. It is capable of nuclear weapons storage. By 2000, Google Earth high-resolution imagery indicated that operations at Lakhta have been scaled back significantly or closed; only two Tupolev Tu-22M bombers are found.

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