Military airfield "Baltimore" near Voronezh is closed for reconstruction

The Baltimore military airfield, located near Voronezh, will close in a few weeks to a large-scale reconstruction that will last until 2015, reports RIA News"With reference to the regional government.

“After reconstruction, the airfield will meet the most modern military requirements aviation, as well as safety requirements and minimal impact on the environment, ”the regional government quotes the head of the Zhukovsky and Gagarin Air Force Academy Gennady Zibrov.

Baltimore airfield is located five kilometers from the city center.

According to RIA Novosti, a modern artificial turf will be made at the airport. Earlier it was noted that according to the latest project, the aircraft will be no more than 40 (mostly new Su-34), and the runway will be alone. After the reconstruction, the old Su-24 will not be based on Baltimore, which will be transferred to other parts. The amount that they plan to spend on the reconstruction is not called.

For the period of repair, the scheduled flight training will be conducted on the basis of the Buturlinovsky airfield, which remains the main site.

Comments

[Alex Nikandrov]

And where will the planes go?

[Ruslan_F38]

Better let someone explain to me why the Russian airfield is called "Baltimore"? Have we all moved to the USA?

[Homo]

Quote: Ruslan_F38

Better let someone explain to me why the Russian airfield is called "Baltimore"? Have we all moved to the USA?

Have you seen the SB in the photo? Here they are and fly to Baltimore!

[sancho]

Better let someone explain to me why the Russian airfield is called "Baltimore"? Have we all moved to the USA?

Such a name at the airport was long ago. Already practically plainly no one can explain where this name came from, but it has existed for quite a long time from 60s. According to one version, during these years, it was based on the squadrons of the Baltic naval aviation at the time of some sort of relocation. In general, until the 90s, the airfield was a pilot experiment, on which all promising developments introduced by our craftsmen, both electronically and in combat, were tested. And, since the 2000s, the airfield passed into the status of operational-tactical significance and the number of air base No. 7000 was assigned.

[Russ69]

Aerodromes also need to be repaired, otherwise new equipment arrives, and the infrastructure has been since the times of the USSR.

Quote: Alex Nikandrov

And where will the planes go?

Temporarily relocate somewhere.

[Cyril7377]

So they wrote ... to Buturlinovka :)

[kirieeleyson]

An update of the entire structure of the air forces of the Russian Air Force was planned, but the most important thing, I believe, is to return or rebuild those airfields that were intermediate or jump airfields, this is an important element of the hidden deployment of troops.

[klimpopov]

Very true!

[Thunderbolt]

And civilians near the airfield probably live happily, it remains only to get used to the roar of turbines)

[Jeka]

I live in Voronezh and everyone has long been accustomed to it, 34s ​​are especially pleasing. I was once at a training camp at this airfield, it was off at 12 o’clock in the morning, and two hundred meters from us take-off and planes took off at intervals of 10 minutes.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: wih

all have long been accustomed to

Exactly, a person gets used to everything, but now you’ll be quiet until 2015, you’ll have to get used to it again. You won’t get anywhere --- SERVICE)))

[Jeka]

Yes, we get used to it, the main thing is that the pilots continue to fly.

[Starover_Z]

I saw 2 reports on NTV about this airfield. And as I understand it, the thing is that the military practically stopped flying over the collapse in the early 90s, nobody cared about the airfield, and here the builders and city authorities took notice, giving permission for domestic construction in the direction of the airfield. So we got closer to the minimum distance.
And then the Ministry of Defense "woke up", the activity of the airfield has sharply increased, and nearby are residential areas.
Residents began to protest, but ...
And who is to blame?

[vladimirZ]

According to safety standards, both for the civilian population and for the military, it would not be necessary to "keep" an operating military airfield in a city or near a large city.
These are all the costs of past poor planning. Gradually you need to "move away" from this, and instead "military airfield" Baltimore ", located near Voronezh, in a few weeks will be closed for a large-scale reconstruction, which will last until 2015".
But dozens of perceptive military airfields, especially in the East, are abandoned in Transbaikalia. I do not understand.

[AlNick]

"... one should not" keep "an operating military airfield in a city or near a large city."

Where to keep it? Near villages, towns or railways traveling?
The thing is that airfields designed to cover large cities at one time were built on flat ground and quite far from them. But cities have a tendency to grow, and it was easier for the city to build new houses in the direction of the airfield, why fill the ravines. Fortunately, in the early 2000s they flew a little. Hence the planning costs mentioned above, which probably did not exist.
A similar situation in Perm and other large cities.
And about a dozen abandoned "promising" airfields in the East, I agree - there are many dozen of them. But their prospects are in great doubt. This is usually a village in which a school, hospital and other infrastructure revolved around the garrison. The air units left and not only the airfield died, life ended in general. Remained a crumbling, useless village and destroyed, half-disassembled DOSs.

[VAF]

Quote: Thunderbolt

And civilians near the airfield probably live happily, it remains only to get used to the roar of turbines)

Lyosha, +! But it is also necessary to wrap the dishes in the sideboard with soft rags ... so that they do not "run" and "ring", especially when the engines are on afterburners!

[Thunderbolt]

Glad to see, Sergei! I have one time, well, maybe 3 months, you can see by mistake what a navigator, the liners to the air. "Kurumoch" come over the house, and that is high, but the impressions of course DA !!! And here is such a base, but anyway, I would give a lot to live in those high-rise buildings that are in the photo)))

[VAF]

Quote: Thunderbolt

air. "Kurumoch" come over the house

Lesha, is it 67 km from Samara?

And to be honest, it’s pleasure .. below average ... especially when they take off with a near start (this is the start, which is as close to home as possible)!

You need to get used to it! And let them "rejoice" that it is not the Tu-22M3 that is taking off.

Well, on takeoff ... 450 (500) afterburner of the left and 500 (550) afterburner of the right and then turn off on MBFR (if in the set) .. well, it happens on the afterburner until the "end", but it is still high and not " very loudly "for the" earthly ", but on landing .. so in general ..... peace and blessing .. only the whistle, well, for a short time when going around, but the citizens, they are much noisier .. because they love throttle to "shuffle" back and forth, especially on CARGO or VTA

[Thunderbolt]

I say, right above Samara, very rarely, but there is a "noise")))

Quote: vaf

And let them "rejoice" that it is not the Tu-22M3 that is taking off.

Yes, even Tu-142, if only for the benefit of the case

[pinecone]

I wonder where this "American" name for the airfield came from.

[Thunderbolt]

my version: allies landed there on their "flying fortresses"

[urich]

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[user]

With the word reform, I always feel uneasy. As the Chinese say, to live in a time of change.
That's from my personal life.
Garrison Steppe. Order of Lenin Trans-Baikal Military District.
30th aviation division of fighter-bombers.
2 shelf + parts of support, support and amplification
Here once he repaid his homeland.
After the accident at the boiler room, a decision was made
On December 1, 2010, troops formally withdrawn from the garrison.

You can see the results

http://zabinok.ru/2012/02/25/%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B1%D
1%83%D0%B4%D1%8C-%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D0%BE%D
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[user]

Very dynamic video of LTU. Step. 2004
http://video.mail.ru/mail/celticheart/-/10722.html?liked=1
Here's another service
http://rutube.ru/video/bd7bbdcb1ddc1cf61f76d2a1eb01bef9/?bmstart=0
but no longer
http://rutube.ru/video/83111624986c27cb2bca12bdfae07edc/
Sorry for the quality
Here is the whole story about the steppe garrison
http://garnizon13.ru/step/101.htm
Particularly interesting photo comparison
Garrison Steppe in the past
с
garrison steppe living area

[Vlad_Mir]

Correctly! Equipment is already outdated. New aircraft also require new technical support.

[varov14]

And under the runway to make a hangar.

[Tambov we ...]

In case of military aggression, the take-off will be carried out in the first place. You can’t have such hangars.