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Orlovka (air base)
Orlovka (also given as Orlovke or Vernoye) is an interceptor aircraft base in Amur Oblast, Russia located 8 km north of Vernoye, in the Svobodny, Amur Oblast area. It is a hardened airfield with a large central tarmac area.
Units stationed at Orlovka include:
- 404 IAP (404th Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with MiG-23P and then Su-27. It was commissioned in 1974 and decommissioned in 2000. The 404 IAP was dissolved into 23 IAP at Dzemgi.
- 41 IAP (41st Interceptor Aviation Regiment) equipped with the MiG-29 starting in 1987.