Krichev (air base)

Krichev is a military air base in the Mogilev Region, Belarus. It is located in Klimavichy District, 13 km east of the city of Krychaw. The base served the interceptor air defense role for the Soviet Air Force, hosted by the 28th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 2nd Air Defence Corps, Moscow Air Defence District.[1]

Krichev
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OwnerBelarusian Air Force
OperatorBelarusian Air Force
LocationKlimavichy District
Elevation AMSL572 ft / 174 m
Coordinates53°44′05″N 031°55′02″E
Map
Krichev
Location in Belarus
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 8,202 2,500 Concrete

Krichev had been observed by 1957 by Western Lockheed U-2 overflights.[2] The 28th IAP operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) regiment in the 1960s and 1970s.[3] By 1981 the regiment was one of four in the USSR still operating the Su-9 but its facilities were being upgraded,[3] and it received the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (Foxbat) in the mid-1980s.

The base was closed in 1993, after the Cold War, and the aviation regiment was disbanded.[4]

References
  1. http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/28iap.htm
  2. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SURVEY 26; SOVIET UNION; TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, May 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP01-00707R000200090035-8, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  3. PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  4. Взлетные полосы ждут своего часа (in Russian)
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