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'''Step''' (also '''Olovyannaya''') is an air base in [[Chita]], [[Russia]] located 14 km northwest of [[Yasnogorsk]]. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near a [[SS-11]] missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.
'''Step''' (also '''Olovyannaya''') is an air base in [[Chita]], [[Russia]] located 14 km northwest of [[Yasnogorsk, Chita Oblast|Yasnogorsk]]. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near a [[SS-11]] missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.


Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:
Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:

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Step (also Olovyannaya) is an air base in Chita, Russia located 14 km northwest of Yasnogorsk. It is a large air base with two revetment areas and numerous military fortifications. It is near a SS-11 missile field that was dismantled in the mid-1990s.

Units stationed at Step/Olovyannaya include:

  • 6 APIB (6th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17 in the late 1980s; under 23rd Air Army (Trans-Baikal).
  • 58 APIB (58th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17M3 and L-29 aircraft in the late 1980s, and receiving MiG-27 in the early 1990s.. It was under under 23rd Air Army (Trans-Baikal).
  • 266 OSHAP (266th Independent Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) flying Su-25 aircraft [1].

References

  1. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.