Nivenskoye | |||||||
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| Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast in Russia | |||||||
  Nivenskoye Shown within Kaliningrad Oblast  Nivenskoye Nivenskoye (Russia)  Nivenskoye Nivenskoye (Europe) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 54°33′42″N 020°36′12″E / 54.56167°N 20.60333°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1945 | ||||||
| In use | 1945 - 2002 | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: XMWN | ||||||
| Elevation | 20 metres (66 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Nivenskoye (also Severnyi, Uzhnyi & Yezau (US)) (Russian: Южный) is a former interceptor aircraft air base in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia located 17 km south of Kaliningrad. A large mile-wide taxiway ring on west side fed a series of aircraft revetments. There were remote bomber or alert revetments for about 5 aircraft. It is abandoned and in a state of decay as of 2000.
Nivenskoye was a Second World War airfield, which was blown up by the Germans in 1945 during their retreat.[1] It was rebuilt by the Soviet Union between 1948 and 1950 using Soviet soldiers and German civilians.[1] By 1951 it had a length of 1500 m (4920 ft) and was used by the Soviet Air Force.[1] By 1957 up to 25 MiG-15 (Fagot) aircraft were based at the airfield.[2]
From October 1952 Nivenskoye was home to the 689th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (689 Gv IAP) flying the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15, Mach 1951–1954; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 and MiG-17P, October 1953 – 1957; the MiG-19S/P, October 1956 – 1977; the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M, 1977–1989; and the Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker," a total of 36, from 1989.[3] The regiment had received the honorary name "Sandomierz", in 1944, for participation in the Lvov-Sandomierz operation, and in the same year it was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. The airbase was also home to 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment (288 OVP) flying Mil Mi-24 K and R models and Mil Mi-8.[4]
689 Gv IAP & 288th Independent Helicopter Regiment based at Uzhnyi moved to Kaliningrad Chkalovsk, also within the Kaliningrad Oblast, during August 2002.
References
- 1 2 3 Yezau Airfield, 6 August 1952, CIA CREST: CIA-RDP82-00457R013100280005-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ↑ AIRFIELD ACTIVITY IN THE USSR AND SATELLITES (BASED ON(Sanitized)PHOTOGRAPHY), October 1957, CREST: CIA-RDP78T04753A000300040010-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ↑ https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/689gviap.htm and "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ↑ "288th independent Helicopter Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
5. Jesau/Нивенское: оставленный аэродром двух империй