FORMATION OF FIRST SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION BACKFIRE C REGIMENT NIKOLAYEV/KULBAKINO AIRFIELD, USSR(SANITIZED)

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• Publication Date: January 9, 1985
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FORMATION OF FIRST SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION BACKFIRE C REGIMENT
NIKOLAYEV/KULBAKINO AIRFIELD, USSR (SWN)
1. SIGNIFICANCE: THE FIRST SOVIET NAVAL AVIATION (SNA)
BACKFIRE C REGIMENT IS FORMING AT NIKOLAYEV/KULBAKINO
AIRFIELD, THE MAJOR SNA TRAINING BASE. DEPLOYMENT TO AN
OPERATIONAL BASE IS EXPECTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. (SWN)
2. REMARKS: THE COUNT OF BACKFIRE C AT THIS AIRFIELD HAS
STEADILY INCREASED FROM FOUR AIRCRAFT IN JUNE 1984 TO 15 ON
PRIOR TO JUNE 1984, TWO BACKFIRE C HAD
NORMALLY BEEN PRESENT. (SWN)
THE MOST RECENTLY FORMED NA BACKFIRE B REGIMENT AT
ALFKSEYEVKA AIRFIELD WAS FORMED IN A SIMILAR
FASHION. THE NUMBER OF BACKFIRE B INCREASED AT
NIKOLAYFV/KULBAKINO FROM TWO TO 15 DURING AN APPROXIMATELY
SIX-MONTH PERIOD. TEN AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY REDEPLOYED TO
ALEKSEYEVKA ESTABLISHING THE CORE OF THE NEW REGIMENT.
ADDITIONAL BACKFIRE THEN DEPLOYED FROM KAZAN AIRFRAME PLANT
GORBUNOV 22 UNTIL THE REGIMENTAL STRENGTH OF
20 AIRCRAFT WAS REACHED. (SWN)
ANALYST'S COMMENTS -- THE NEW BACKFIRE C REGIMENT WILL
PROBABLY BE ASSIGNED TO OKTYABRSKOYE AIRFIELD
OR VFSELOYE AIRFIELDI IIN THE
AIR FORCE (BSFAF). THE BSFAF CURRENTLY HAS
ONLY ONE BACKFIRE B REGIMENT. THE BALTIC SEA FLEET AND THE
PACIFIC OCEAN FLEET EACH HAVE TWO BACKFIRE B REGIMENTS. NO
BACKFIRE ARE ASSIGNED TO THE NORTHERN FLEET. (SWN)
IF SNA BACKFIRE C DEPLOYMENTS PARALLEL SOVIET AIR FORCE
(SAF) DEPLOYMENTS, THEN OKTYABRSKOYE, WHICH WAS THE FIRST
SNA BASE TO RECEIVE BACKFIRE B, WILL PROBABLY RECEIVE THE
BACKFIRE C. THE BACKFIRE B CURRENTLY AT OKTYABRSKOYE WILL
PR(1RART Y RFTIFPT OY TO VESELOYE AIRFIELD. POLTAVA AIRFIELD
WAS THE FIRST SAF BASE TO RECEIVE BACKFIRE B
AND THE FIRST TO CONVERT TO BACKFIRE C. THE BACKFIRE B FROM
POLTAVA THEN REDEPLOYED TO FORM A NEW REGIMENT AT ANISOVO
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ALTERNATIVELY, THE BACKFIRE C MAY DEPLOY DIRECTLY TO
VESELOYE AIRFIELD WHICH HAS BEEN UNDERGOING BACKFIRE-RELATED
RENOVATIONS SINCE SPRING 1984. THE RUNWAY NOW EXCEEDS 3000
METERS, THE AIRFIELD CONTAINS 30 BACKFIRE-ASSOCIATED PARKING
POSITIONS AND KITCHEN AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE CONTAINERS HAVE
BEEN PRESENT SINCE MAY 1984. (SWN)
WHETHER DEPLOYMENT OCCURS AT OKTYABRSKOYE OR VESELOYE, THE
BACKFIRE THREAT TO ALLIED FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA
AND SOUTHERN EUROPE WILL HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED BY
THE PRESENCE OF TWO BACKFIRE REGIMENTS IN THE BSFAF. (SWN)
COORDINATES 46-56-15N 032-05-55E (S)
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