Varfolomeyevka
Варфоломеевка

Alternate namesVarfolomeyevka South (US), Varfoldmeyevka
Location16 km NE Arsenyev
CountryRU
ICAOUHV1
Coordinates44° 15.7' N 133° 24.7' E (44.2617,133.4117)
Elevation173 m (568 ft)
Runway05/23 2500x40 m (8202x131 ft) 040-220°T (CONC)
UsageMilitary

Comments and historyMedium-sized fighter base. Home to 799 ORAP flying the Yak-28R in the mid 1970s 34 and the Su-24MR by 1991 7. It was also home to 56 ORAP flying MiG-25RB and Su-24MR in 1991 4.
   

Mapping linksGoogle Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=44.2617,133.4117&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml
Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.2617,133.4117&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=44.2617,133.4117
Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=44.2617,133.4117&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=44.2617,133.4117
Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=44.2617&lon=133.4117&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended)
Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=44.2617_N_133.4117_E_type:city

Sources 4 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK.
7 Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation
34 Yakovlev Yak-25/-26/-27/-28: Yakovlev's Tactical Twinjets. Yefim Gordon.
Computations and data compilation: Tim Vasquez
Coordinate data: Google Earth
Elevation data: Department of Defense / Tactical Pilotage Chart (TPC)
Runway data: Google Earth
ICAO identifier assignment:


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