Lipetsk-2 Alternate names Lipetsk/Military, Lipetskiy, Lipetsky, Shakhm 10, Lipetsk West (US) Location 12 km NW Lipetsk Country RU ICAO (XUWL) Coordinates 52° 37.9' N 39° 28.1' E (52.6317,39.4683) Elevation 194 m (636 ft) Runway 15/33 3000x60 m (9842x197 ft) 160-340°T (CONC) 3000x100 m (9842x328 ft 160-283°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units HQ VVS, 4 TsBP I PLS, 760 IISAP (14 MiG-29E, 1991)[#4] (16 Su-25, 1991)[#4] (Su-27) (13 Su-17, 1991)[#4] (Mi-8). 91 IIAP (23 MiG-29, 1991)[#4] (15 Su-27, 1991)[#4]. 968 IAP (MiG-23, MiG-29,1994) (MiG-29,2004). Comments and history Combat training center of Soviet Air Force, made up of two medium-sized airfields joined together. Lipetsk is the biggest test pilot center in Russia. Its pilots flew the Yak-28B in 1961, piloting them     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=52.6317,39.4683&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.6317,39.4683&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=52.6317,39.4683 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=52.6317,39.4683&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=52.6317,39.4683 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=52.6317&lon=39.4683&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=52.6317_N_39.4683_E_type:city Sources Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez Coordinate data: Google Earth Elevation data: CAICA Runway data: CAICA ICAO identifier assignment: CAICA Return to index Dataset introduction and description Please direct comments and corrections here ©2005,2009 Tim Vasquez All rights reserved