Shatalovo Шаталово Alternate names Pochinok (US), Satalovo, Shatoalovo Location 8 km S Pochinok Country RU Coordinates 54° 20.4' N 32° 28.3' E (54.3400,32.4717) Elevation 192 m (630 ft) Runway G 2500x45 m (8202x148 ft) 109-289°T (CONC) Usage Military Comments and history Large hardened air base with pads for 19 bombers and 15 fighters in addition to a small amount of tarmac space. Its units are 164 ORAP which flew the MiG-25 and Su-24 in the early 1990s, HQ VVS, 1046 Ts Pls flying 17 MiG-25, 14 Su-17C, and 13 Su-24 in the early 1990s 4; 47 Gv ORAP flying Su-24MR4 and MiG-25RB7; and 98 Gv ORAP flying Yak-28R aircraft starting in the mid-1970s34. Nuclear bomber base accoridng to NRDC.     Mapping links Google Earth - http://maps.google.com/maps?&q=54.3400,32.4717&spn=0.1,0.1&output=kml Google Maps (map) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.3400,32.4717&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=54.3400,32.4717 Google Maps (sat) - http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.3400,32.4717&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=54.3400,32.4717 Wikimapia - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=54.3400&lon=32.4717&z=14&l=1&m=b (Russian viewing recommended) Geohack - http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geohack.php?params=54.3400_N_32.4717_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: 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