Kupino (air base)

Kupino is a former military air base in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia.

Kupino was initially observed in the late 1950s by Western Lockheed U-2 overflights and was originally a training airfield.

The 849th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO, 14th Independent Air Defence Army, was based there from 1962.

[2] An air warning radar facility was identified 1 mile northwest of the runway.

[3] The base was closed after the end of the Cold War and the aviation regiment was disbanded in 1998.