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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||||||
Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
Location | Pereyaslavka, Khabarovsk Krai | ||||||||||
Built | Unknown | ||||||||||
In use | Unknown | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 279 ft / 85 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°59′52″N 135°05′20″E / 47.99778°N 135.08889°E | ||||||||||
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Verino airfield was a Soviet Air Force based in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia located 5 km (3 mi) northeast of Pereyaslavka, Russia and about 35 miles (55 km) south of Khabarovsk. Verino was an 1st Air Army airfield, with the 300 and 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment a mainstay in later years.
The United States Air Force first spotted the airfield during Lockheed U-2 overflights in March 1958. [1] Analysts found a 7,600 x 150' runway but could not see much detail. Later missions revealed as many as 93 aircraft parked on the ramps, [2] most of them Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17s (ASCC "Fresco"). [3] Around 1970, upgraded aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-15 (ASCC "Flagon,") had arrived, though MiG-17s were still based here. [4]
By the 1980s, the airfield's interceptor role had diminished and many of the aircraft were replaced with tactical and attack aircraft. These included the Sukhoi Su-24 (ASCC "Fencer") and Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger.