Kamenny Ruchey (also Mongokhto, Alekseyevka, and Mongohto) (Russian: Монгохто, Каменный Ручей) (ICAO: UHKG) is an air base in Russia located 29 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan.[1] Located just north of Vanino, it is a major military naval airfield that has 63 hardened areas. The airfield is designated by CAICA as Kamenny Ruchey, but Russian topographic maps indicate the nearby settlement northeast of the airfield is Mongokhto, which is also synonymous with the military base. The airfield was a joint Soviet Navy base with the 143 MRAD (143rd Naval Aviation Division), flying Tupolev Tu-16, Tupolev Tu-22M, and the 310 OPLAP (310th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) flying Tupolev Tu-142 aircraft.
The base is home to an Independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron of the 7062nd Port-Arthur Naval Aviation Air Base.[2]
Historyedit
The airbase was completed in 1953. During the 1970s it was one of the largest bases in the Soviet Far East, with 8000 residents in Mongokhto. The Navy nuclear weapons storage is either at this airfield or at Maygatka. In 1997 50 family members blocked the runway over back wages.
By 1982, the airfield supported two Tu-22M Backfire ASM regiments, two Tu-16 Badger ASM regiments, and one Tu-142 Bear-F ASW regiment subordinate to the Pacific Fleet Air Force.[5]
The base was home to the:
310th Independent Long-Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment from 1978.[6]
568th Independent Guards Mixed Aviation Regiment from 1953.[7]
570th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment between 1953 and 1994.[8]
Referencesedit
^ ab, CIA-RDP78T05929A001200040012-1, Central Intelligence Agency, October 18, 1965.
Mongokhto website (Russian) - for former residents
January 01, 1970
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