Kupino is a former military air base in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located 4 km southeast of the town of the same name. It largely served the

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air defense role for the Soviet Air Force. Kupino was initially observed in the late 1950s by Western Lockheed U-2 overflights and was originally a training airfield. The

849th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO The 849th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (; Military Unit Number 35441) was an interceptor regiment of the Soviet Air Defense Forces during the Cold War. History The regiment was formed as the 849th Light Bomber Aviation Regiment in April 1942 ...

was based there from 1962. A 1966 satellite mission identified 30 Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO: Fishpot), confirming its role as an interceptor base, as well as first-generation interceptors that included 16

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of ...

(NATO: Fagot) and 9 Yakovlev Yak-25 (NATO: Flashlight).CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC, September 1966, CREST: CIA-RDP78B04558A001400030063-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. An air warning radar facility was identified 1 mile northwest of the runway. The regiment continued to operate the Su-9 into the 1970s. The regiment replaced it in 1980 with the MiG-23P (NATO: Flogger-G).PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR
February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. The base was closed after the end of the

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and the aviation regiment was disbanded in 1998.

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