Uglovoye, (Центральная Угловая, Tsentralnaya Uglovaya, Central Corner), known in the US intelligence community as Uglovoye Northwest, is an
air base in
Primorsky Krai located close to the town of
Artyom, Russia. This is the primary air defense base for the
Vladivostok area, and it was home to the
PVO Strany
The Soviet Air Defence Forces (russian: войска ПВО, ''voyska protivovozdushnoy oborony'', ''voyska PVO'', ''V-PVO'', lit. ''Anti-Air Defence Troops''; and formerly ''protivovozdushnaya oborona strany'', ''PVO strany'', lit. ''Anti-Air De ...
division headquarters for the Vladivostok region
The base is home to the
22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the
303rd Composite Aviation Division.
Michael Holm's site, relying on recently available Russian sources, writes that the 6th Fighter Aviation Regiment VVS VMF, arrived at the airfield in September 1945, and on 26 September 1945 became the 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (22 Gv IAP) VVS VMF. The regiment became a Guards unit "For the courage shown in the battles with the Japanese imperialists, for their steadfastness and courage, discipline and organization, for the heroism of their personnel". The regiment was transferred to the
Soviet Air Defence Forces in February 1957, retaining its number. In February 1968 it was awarded the
Order of the Red Banner.
A declassified CIA document from 1971 showed that the base was home to one interceptor regiment, the 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, equipped with
Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot,
Yakovlev Yak-27
The Yakovlev Yak-27 (NATO reporting name "Flashlight-C") was a family of Soviet supersonic aircraft developed in 1958 from the Yak-121 prototype. The most built variant was the tactical reconnaissance Yak-27R (NATO reporting name "Mangrove").
D ...
Flashlight, and the
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 Fresco.
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CIA-RDP78T05162A000100010038-9, Central Intelligence Agency, February 1, 1971. An October 1972 satellite assessment revealed 13
Sukhoi Su-9 Fishpot, 14
Yakovlev Yak-27
The Yakovlev Yak-27 (NATO reporting name "Flashlight-C") was a family of Soviet supersonic aircraft developed in 1958 from the Yak-121 prototype. The most built variant was the tactical reconnaissance Yak-27R (NATO reporting name "Mangrove").
D ...
Flashlight, and 4
Sukhoi Su-17
The Sukhoi Su-17 (''izdeliye'' S-32) is a variable-sweep wing fighter-bomber developed for the Soviet military. Its NATO reporting name is "Fitter". Developed from the Sukhoi Su-7, the Su-17 was the first variable-sweep wing aircraft to ent ...
Fitter, with small numbers of other fighters, transports, and helicopters. In 1977, the interceptor regiment replaced the aging Su-9 with the
MiG-23M (Flogger-B).
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February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. This was one of the first bases to replace the Su-9 with the MiG-23, emphasizing the priority of placing look-down shoot-down interception assets in the Vladivostok area.
Satellite imagery from 2016 shows the base to be active, with 36
Sukhoi Su-35
The Sukhoi Su-35 (russian: link=no, Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable aircraft, design ...
Flanker aircraft based on the field. ''Air International''
's April 2017 issue confirmed the 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was still flying Su-27 variants.
is located 9 km (5 miles) to the northeast.
References
External links
*Michael Holm
22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO*Tim Vasquez
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Russian Air Force bases
Airports in Primorsky Krai