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Nizhyn
Nizhyn
	Airport Overview
	IATA: none; ICAO: UKRN;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Location	Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine
Elevation AMSL	440 ft / 134 m
Coordinates	51°6′0″N 031°52′0″E / 51.10000°N 31.86667°E
Map
	UKRN Location of Nizhyn Air Base UKRN UKRN (Ukraine)
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Nizhyn is an air base in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Nizhyn. It was operated by the Soviet Long Range Aviation and Ukrainian Long Range Aviation. It is a medium-sized bomber base with a modern design and is being used to store some of Ukraine's older bombers. The airfield has 33 large revetments along a curved taxiway.

History

During 1964-67 the base began converting to the Tupolev Tu-22R (Blinder) and by 1967 it had 24 Tu-22s based here.^[1] The reconnaissance variants were tasked with operations in Western Europe. In July 1969 two Tu-22 aircraft collided in mid-air; the crew ejected and the plane flew on unpiloted for 52 minutes, threatening the city of Nizhin before crashing 0.5 km from the city's railway station.^[1] In November 1988 three Tu-22R were deployed to Mozdok to fight in Afghanistan, but returned to base a week later without seeing any combat.^[1] Some Tu-22s were sent to Nizhyn for disposal, probably in the 1990s.^[1]

Units stationed at Nizhyn include:

199 ODRAP (199th Independent Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-22R from 1964 to the 1990s,^[2]^[3] and the Tu-22RDK, Tu-22K, and Tu-22UD as of 1991.^[2]

airforce.ru says that on December 30, 1996, the regiment was reorganized as the 18 separate Long Range Aviation Squadron. In the battle of the An-30B - 6 units., Tu-22P - 3 units., Tu-22U - 1 unit.^[4] Furthermore, on February 22, 1999, Decree #242 of the Verkhovna Rada 18 odrae transferred to the Ministry of Emergency Situations and renamed 300 Special Aviation Squadron MOE.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gordon, Yefim (1999). Tupolev Tu-22 'Blinder' Tu-22M 'Backfire'. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-065-6.
^ ^a ^b "Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya". Aviabaza KPOI. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
^ "Take-Off". take-off.ru.
^ "199 огдрап — AviaWiki". wiki.airforce.ru.