RU-0331
Khvalynka Air Base
VFR
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Name
Khvalynka Air Base
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ICAO
RU-0331
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
7:15 pm (VLAT)
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Municipality
Spassk-Dalniy
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Coordinates
44° 36′ 43″ N 132° 53′ 9″ E
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Elevation
398 ft (121 m MSL)
About Khvalynka Air Base
Spassk-Dalny Airfield, also known in the US intelligence community as Spassk-Dalniy East, was a Soviet Air Force base in Primorsky Krai, Russia located 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Spassk-Dalny, Russia. Spassk-Dalny was primarily a Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) interceptor airfield for defending against Western aircraft, with the 821st Fighter Aviation Regiment (11th Independent Air Defence Army) based here. However, the 219th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment of the 30th Air Army, Long Range Aviation was also a tenant during the 1950s and 1960s, operating Tupolev Tu-16 Badger aircraft for intelligence operations around east Asia.