Bobrovka is a military air base in

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. It is located 39 km east of the city of

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. The base largely served the

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air defense role for the

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, and was in the Sverdlovsk Air Defense District. Bobrovka had been observed by 1957 by Western

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overflights. A 1974 US satellite mission identified up to 89 swept-wing aircraft, most of which were likely

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(NATO: Fishpot) aircraft. By 1981 the interceptor regiment was one of four in the USSR still operating the Su-9. Bobrovka became the Soviet Union's primary storage facility for the aging Su-9, and by 1981 at least 243 Su-9 aircraft were observed parked at Bobrovka.PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR
February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. The base was home to the: * 683rd Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1952 and 1997 * 237th Independent Helicopter Squadron The base was reportedly closed after 2007.

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