Dolon Southwest

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'''Dolon Southwest''' is a former air base in [[Semipalatinsk]], Kazakhstan, located 43 km south-west of [[Dolon (air base)]]. It is a demolished airfield from 1950s; almost no trace remains. It was probably part of the Dolon nuclear testing zone.

[[Category:Soviet Air Force bases]]

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Dolon (air base)

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'''Dolon''' (also known as '''Chagan''' and '''Semipalitinsk Dolon''') is an air base in [[Semipalatinsk]], Kazakhstan, that served as a major Cold War bomber base with significant tarmac space and over 50 [[Revetment (aircraft)|revetment]]s. [[Dolon Southwest]], a former airfield 32 km to the south, no longer exists.

In 1955, Dolon was one of only six Soviet bases capable of handling the [[Myasishchev M-4]] (Bison) bomber. The 79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was created at Dolon in 1957. The [[Tupolev Tu-160]] (Blackjack) was temporarily deployed to Dolon in the late 1980s.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} In 1990, Dolon had 40 [[Tupolev Tu-95]] (Bear) aircraft, which were eliminated by 1994, ending the base's strategic bomber role.

Units based at Dolon included:
*79th Heavy Bomber Aviation Division<ref>http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/division/bad/79tbad.htm</ref>
* 1023rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (1023 TBAP) flying [[Tu-95]] and Tu-95M aircraft (1957–62), Tu-95K (1960–83), and [[Tu-95|Tu-95MS]] aircraft (1983–92).<ref name=Holm1023>{{cite web| title = 1023rd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | publisher = Michael Holm | url = http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/1023tbap.htm}}</ref>
* 1226th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment (1226 TBAP) flying [[Tu-95]] and Tu-95M aircraft (1957–62), Tu-95K and [[Tu-95|Tu-95MS]] aircraft (1984–92).<ref name=Holm1226>{{cite web| title = 1226th Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment | publisher = Michael Holm | url = http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/1226tbap.htm}}</ref>

The 79th TBAD was under the control of Long Range Aviation from 1957 to 1960, the 8th independent Heavy Bomber Aviation Corps (later to become the [[30th Air Army]]) from 1960 until 1980,and, finally, the [[37th Air Army]] from 1980 until 1992.

Both regiments were taken over by [[Kazakhstan]] in 1992 and the aircraft were withdrawn to the Russian Federation.<ref>"All Strategic Bombers Out Of Kazakhstan; Talks On Those In Ukraine," [[RFE/RL]] News Briefs, Vol. 3, No. 9, 21–25 February 1994, via [[Nuclear Threat Initiative]]</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Soviet Long Range Aviation bases]]
[[Category:Military of Kazakhstan]]

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Kazakhstan Encyclopedia - User contributions [en]

Dolon Southwest

Dolon (air base)