Chekurovka | |||||||
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| Chekurovku, Chekurovke, Чекуровка | |||||||
| Tiksi, Sakha in Russia | |||||||
 Chekurovka airfield, June 1968, from KH-7 satellite. | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 71°3′54″N 127°20′18″E / 71.06500°N 127.33833°E / 71.06500; 127.33833 | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Soviet Air Forces | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1960 (1960) | ||||||
| In use | 1960-1968 (1968) | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: ZAR3 | ||||||
| Elevation | 248 metres (814 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Chekurovka was an Arctic military airfield in Sakha Republic, Russia located 89 km southwest of Tiksi. It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use. It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward. Its status and condition are unknown.
Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.
See also
- Aspidnoye (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
- Ostrov Bolshevik (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
- Tiksi North Air Base, abandoned Arctic staging base
- Tiksi West Airfield, abandoned Arctic staging base
References
- ^ Chekurovka at weathergraphics.com
- Chekurovka from airportsearch.org
- CABLE, CIA-RDP78B04549A000500010022-2, Central Intelligence Agency, October 3, 1968.
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