{{Short description|Military airport in Leningrad Oblast, Russia}} {{expand Russian|date=May 2023|topic=mil}} {{Infobox military installation | name = Siversky | ensign = Flag of the Russian Air Force.svg | ensign_size = 90px | native_name = | partof = <!-- for elements within a larger site --> | location = [[Siversky]], [[Leningrad Oblast]] | country = Russia | image = [[File:Су-24 перед деревней Межно.JPG|250px]] | alt = | caption = | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = Air Base | coordinates = {{Coord|59|21|24|N|030|2|12|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Russia Leningrad Oblast#Russia | pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Leningrad Oblast | pushpin_label = Siversky | pushpin_label_position = | ownership = [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Ministry of Defence]] | operator = [[Russian Air Force]] | controlledby = <!-- Air and Air Defence Forces Army --> | open_to_public = <!-- for out of use sites/sites with museums etc --> | site_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | site_other = <!-- for other sorts of facilities – radar types etc --> | site_area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code --> | built = {{Start date|1955}} | used = 1955 - {{End date|2009}} | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | length = <!-- for border fences or other DMZs --> | fate = <!--changed from demolished parameter--> | condition = | battles = | events = | past_commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = <!-- such as the 25th Bombardment Group --> | occupants = <!-- squadrons only --> | designations = | website = | footnotes = <!-- catchall in case it's needed to preserve something in infobox that doesn't work in new code --> <!-- begin airfield information --> | IATA = | ICAO = ULLS | FAA = | TC = | LID = | GPS = | WMO = | elevation = {{Convert|104|m|0}} | r1-number = 05/23 | r1-length = {{Convert|2500|m|0}} | r1-surface = [[Concrete]] | h1-number = | h1-length = <!-- {{Convert| |m|0}} --> | h1-surface = | airfield_other_label = <!-- for renaming "Other facilities" in infobox --> | airfield_other = <!-- for other sorts of airfield facilities --> <!-- end airfield information --> }} '''Siversky''' {{Airport codes||ULLS}} (also '''Ziverskaya''') is an air base in [[Leningrad Oblast]], [[Russia]], 2&nbsp;km northwest of [[Siversky]]. It is a small airfield 65&nbsp;km south of [[Saint Petersburg]] (Leningrad) and is home to the 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment, flying [[Sukhoi Su-24]] aircraft.<ref>{{cite book| title = Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation | last = Butowski | first = Pyotr | publisher = AIRtime Publishing, Inc | year = 2004 }}</ref> According to [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] it has served as a nuclear bomber base. A United States joint military inspection was conducted at the base on February 11, 1992, which confirmed a Su-24 presence.

Jet fighter aircraft were reported at Siversky as early as 1955.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170123233222/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp80-00810a008500700007-7 1. VASILKOV AIRFIELD 2. SIVERSKIY AIRFIELD AND RADAR LOCATION 3. NEW AIR FORCE UNIFORMS], CIA-RDP80-00810A008500700007-7, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, December 9, 1955.</ref> During the 1960s Siversky had as many as 77 fighter jets based at the airfield<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170121195414/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP03-00140R000100010032-6.pdf ORDER OF BATTLE MISSION 1029 3-12 MARCH 1966], CIA-RDP03-00140R000100010032-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, April 1, 1966.</ref> while a 1967 reconnaissance mission only revealed three aircraft.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170123174525/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99T01396R000100380001-1.pdf KH-4 MISSION 1041 10-23 MAY 1967 AIR AND NAVAL EDITION], CIA-RDP99T01396R000100380001-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, June 1, 1967</ref> By 1980 Siversky was home to a [[Mikoyan MiG-27]]M regiment.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170123052426/https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80T01782R000200050001-0.pdf FLOGGER J IN THE USSR], CIA-RDP80T01782R000200050001-0, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, September 1, 1980.</ref>

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==External links== *Michael Holm, [http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/67bap.htm 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment], accessed August 2011

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