Dolon Southwest

Dolon Southwest
IATA: none ICAO: UASF
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	abandoned
Location	Dolon, Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan
Elevation AMSL	830 ft / 253 m
Coordinates	50°15′0″N 079°5′0″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 13,123 4,000

Dolon Southwest was a dispersal bomber base^[1] in Semipalatinsk Oblast, Kazakhstan, located 43 km south-west of Dolon (air base). It was probably associated with the 8th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (1960 - 1980) and then the 37th Air Army VGK, of Soviet Long Range Aviation, because Dolon (air base) nearby was under those commands.

A Central Intelligence Agency document listed the coordinates of the airfield while referencing a 1968 deployment of 21 Tupolev Tu-16 "Badger" bombers, the first deployment of this aircraft at the airfield.^[1] Dolon was listed as having eight support buildings, a refueling facility, an instrument landing system, and ground controlled approach (GCA).^[1]

Almost no trace remains of the base.

References

1. BADGER DEPLOYMENT DOLON AIRFIELD SOUTHWEST USSR, October 8, 1968, CIA-RDP78T05929A003300070002, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.