Rzhev (air base)

Rzhev
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type		Military
Operator		Russian Air Force
Location		Rzhev
Elevation AMSL		636 ft / 194 m
Coordinates		56°15′36″N 034°24′30″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
	8,202	2,500	Concrete

Rzhev (Russian: Ржев) (also given as Ryev, Rzev, Rjzev) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 5 km east of Rzhev. It was a Tupolev Tu-128 depot airfield during the Cold War, operated by BKhAT (Aviation Equipment Storage Base) . The airfield also had an interceptor role during the 1960s and 1970s with the 23 IAP (23rd Interceptor Aviation Regiment) flying Sukhoi Su-9 jets. This regiment was disbanded in the 1980s but was resurrected a decade later at Dzemgi in the Russian Far East.