Chebenki (air base)

Chebenki (also given as Cheben'ki, Orenburg Northeast, and Dmitrievka) is an air base in Russia located 38 km northeast of Orenburg.

It has revetted areas for 15 fighters, 8 large aircraft, and considerable tarmac space.

[1] Possibly part of the Volga or Volga-Urals Military District, its primary task was to search for and retrieve returning space objects.

The base has had an Sukhoi Su-17 and Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 attack aircraft presence during the Cold War.

It received Su-17, Su-24, MiG-23, and MiG-27 aircraft that during the Cold War were on combat duty at other airfields of the USSR and Eastern European countries.