Virtual Globetrotting: Engels Air Base

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Engels Air Base

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Engels Air Base near Saratov, Russian Federation, is the only Russian air base deploying Tupolev Tu-160s. Tupolev Tu-95s are also based here.

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Hinkkanen @ 2006-06-23 06:21:54

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51.48031400

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46.21398900

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Engels

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Russian Federation (RU)

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Nearby Maps: (8)

Tupolev Tu-95s (0.8km)
Tupolev Tu-160s (1.4km)
Aircraft at static display at Engels Air Base (1.8km)
Tupolev Tu-22RDM "Blinder" (3.6km)
Tupolev Tu-16 as gate guardian (4.1km)
Tupolev Tu-22 "Blinder" (12.9km)
Yakovlev Yak-38 "Forger" (13.6km)
Lokomotiv Stadion (16.3km)

Comments:

Anonymous @ 2006-06-23 08:46:11

Doesn't that seem like an exceptionally short runway for those aircraft?

Hinkkanen @ 2006-06-23 09:29:56

It seems to be about three kilometers long, isn't that enough?

Anonymous @ 2006-06-24 22:49:00

It seems pretty typical for Russian runways to have very few markings. Wonder why...

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