Chekurovka was a Arctic military airfield in
Sakha Republic
Sakha, officially the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia),, is the largest republic of Russia, located in the Russian Far East, along the Arctic Ocean, with a population of roughly 1 million. Sakha comprises half of the area of its governing Far Eas ...
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Russia
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located 89 km southwest of
Tiksi
Tiksi ( rus, Ти́кси, , ˈtʲiksʲɪ; sah, Тиксии, ''Tiksii'' – lit. ''a moorage place'') is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, located o ...
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It is a remote, large bomber staging base that was either abandoned during construction or commissioned for emergency use.
It was probably built around 1960 as a forward deployment base for the Soviet Union's strategic bomber force and abandoned shortly afterward.
Its status and condition are unknown.
Reconnaissance imagery showed that two aircraft were observed on the air base in 1968.
CABLE, CIA-RDP78B04549A000500010022-2
Central Intelligence Agency, October 3, 1968.
See also
* Aspidnoye (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
* Ostrov Bolshevik (air base), abandoned Arctic staging base
* Tiksi North Air Base, abandoned Arctic staging base
* Tiksi West Airfield, abandoned Arctic staging base
References
Soviet Long Range Aviation Arctic staging bases
Airports in the Sakha Republic
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