Ostrov Веретье, Остров Alternate names Veret'e, Gorokhovka (US), Kildin Location 7 km SE Ostrov Country RU Coordinates 57° 18.0' N 28° 26.0' E (57.3000,28.4333) Elevation 67 m (220 ft) Runway 3500x60 m (11483x197 ft) 016-196°T (CONC) Usage Military Military units 12 MRAP (Tu-16). 240 Gv MRAP (Tu-16). 5501 BKhu (74 Tu-16, 1992)[#3]. Comments and history Large air base 57 km south of Pskov. Nuclear bomber facility with 15 very large revetments on east side and about 30 small revetments on west side. As many as 63 Tu-16s were based here. 5501 Unit is a direct reporting unit.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=57.3000,28.4333&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=57.3000,28.4333&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=57.3000,28.4333 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=57.3000,28.4333&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=57.3000,28.4333 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=57.3000&lon=28.4333&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=57.3000_N_28.4333_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