Orlovka

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Orlovka
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Summary
Airport type		military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Serves		Vernoye
Elevation AMSL		850 ft (259 m)
Coordinates		51°15′48″N, 128°43′12″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	8202	2500	Concrete

Orlovka (also given as Orlovke or Vernoye) is an interceptor aircraft base in Amur Oblast, Russia located 8 km north of Vernoye, in the Svobodny, Amur Oblast area. It is a hardened airfield with a large central tarmac area.

Units stationed at Orlovka include:

• 404 IAP (404th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with MiG-23P and then Su-27. It was commissioned in 1974 and decommissioned in 2000 ^[1]. The 404 IAP was dissolved into 23 IAP at Dzemgi.
• 41 IAP (41st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with the MiG-29 starting in 1987 ^[2].

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