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.