What is "zavitinsk"

Zavitinsk is a town and the administrative center of Zavitinsky District in Amur Oblast, Russia. Population:

Zavitinsk is an air base in Amur Oblast, Russia located 9 km northeast of Zavitinsk. It was a major nuclear bomber base of the Long Range Aviation (a sister of Ukrainka). A revetment area exists on the far side of runway with 18 large stands.

It began operating the Tupolev Tu-16 aircraft late in the 1960s, serving a close/medium range facility as opposed to its long-range sister base Ukrainka.

Units stationed at Zavitinsk included:

• 303 TBAP (303rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Tu-16s beginning in 1955 and upgrading to Tu-16Ks in 1972, and Tu-22Ks around the 1980s.

The 303rd was formed 1941 as the 303rd Long-Range Bomber Aviation Regiment. In 1946 it was renamed the 303rd Bomber Aviation Regiment, and in 1951 renamed 303rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment. Disbanded 1994.

Zavitinsk is a town in Amur Oblast, Russia.

Zavitinsk may also refer to:

• Zavitinsk Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Zavitinsk and three rural localities in Zavitinsky District of Amur Oblast, Russia are incorporated as
• Zavitinsk (air base), an air base in Amur Oblast, Russia