Balbasovo Балбасово Alternate names Balbasava (US), Orsha Southwest (US), Bolbasovo, Orsha Location 11 km SW Orsha Country BY Coordinates 54° 26.3' N 30° 17.7' E (54.4383,30.2950) Elevation 189 m (620 ft) Runway 3000x60 m (9842x197 ft) 061-241°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 402 TBAP (Tu-22M3, 1991)[#2]. Comments and history Bomber base with long runway, large tarmac area, and 30 large revetments. Remote revetment area contains 5 bomber pads and probably 5 fighter pads. The base was home to a bomber regiment since 1944. It became the first nuclear bomber base around 1952 receiving the first Tu-16s. 402 TBAP is subordinate to 326 TBAD (Solcy).     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=54.4383,30.2950&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.4383,30.2950&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=54.4383,30.2950 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.4383,30.2950&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=54.4383,30.2950 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.4383&lon=30.2950&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=54.4383_N_30.2950_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: Runway data: Google Earth ICAO identifier assignment: Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved