Kansk-Dalny is an air base in

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located 9 km south of

Kansk Kansk (russian: Канск) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kan River. Population: History and economy Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town st ...

. It is a fighter base with about 10 remote revetments. The base is home to the 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment which flies the

Mikoyan MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (russian: link=no, Микоян МиГ-31; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft that was developed for use by the Soviet Air Forces. The aircraft was designed by the Mikoyan design bureau as a ...

(NATO: Foxhound) under the 21st Composite Aviation Division.

Station history

The

712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment The 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment is a fighter aviation regiment of the Russian Air Force. Part of the 21st Mixed Aviation Division of the 14th Air and Air Defense Forces Army, the regiment is based at Kansk air base and flies the Mi ...

arrived at Kansk in 1959. The 712th Guards were previously based at Kansk-Tsentralny, an old 2000m runway, with no taxiways that exists between the city and airfield, closed in the 1990s.The regiment flew

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-17; NATO reporting name: Fresco) is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 w ...

(NATO: Fresco) aircraft during the 1970s,

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-25; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the ...

(NATO: Foxbat),

Sukhoi Su-15 The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designed to replace t ...

TM (NATO: Flagon)

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during the 1980s and

(ASCC "Foxhound") aircraft during the 1990s. In 2009 the regiment was retitled the 6979th Air Base but in 2015 returned to its previous designation. Kansk-Dalny was originally an unpaved runway until it was modernized in 1975 with the construction of a concrete runway, taxiways and revetments as a result of the conversion of the 712th Guards to the

Sukhoi Su-15TM The Sukhoi Su-15 (NATO reporting name: Flagon) is a twinjet supersonic interceptor aircraft developed by the Soviet Union. It entered service in 1965 and remained one of the front-line designs into the 1990s. The Su-15 was designed to replace t ...

. In December 2012, six MiG-31BM modernized fighter jets entered service with the Kansk Aviation Group. The 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment is tasked with the air defense of key locations in its area of responsibility. From the mid-1980s to 1994, the 15th Separate Aviation Rescue Detachment (OASO), equipped with the Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge,

Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition t ...

T (NATO: Hip), and

Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...

BP (NATO: Cub), was based at the airfield. The 662nd Training Regiment (Military Unit Number 15435) of the

Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots The Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots named after Chief Marshal of Aviation K. A. Vershinin (Barnaul VVAUL) (Барнаульское высшее военное авиационное училище летчиков им. Гла ...

was also based at the airfield until the mid-1990s, operating the

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, the

Antonov An-2 The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...

(NATO: Colt), and the

Antonov An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by Kyiv, Irku ...

VSR (NATO: Coke) radio operator training aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

* In April 2008, During a flight at an altitude of 16,213 m and a true speed of 2,414 km / h, the folding part of the lantern of the first cockpit, in which Lieutenant Colonel Kozitsky KN was located, broke down and depressurized both cabins

. The crew reduced speed and altitude in extremely low temperatures (below −55

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), and then made a safe landing at the airfield. For the courage and high professionalism shown, the crew consisting of

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of Vladimir Prikhodko and Konstantin Kozitsky was presented with state awards.Air Force Command submitted to the awards of lieutenant colonels V. Prikhodko and K. Kozitsky for saving the plane after depressurization
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The command of the Air Force presented to the awards lieutenant colonels V. Prikhodko and K. Kozitsky for saving the aircraft after depressurization

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* Soviet Air Force bases Soviet Air Defence Force bases