Post-Soviet Aircraft Graveyard Discovered on Abandoned Far East Russian Air Base

Urban Ghosts ^ | 7 September 2011 / 6 | Urban Ghosts

[WhiskeyX]

During the Cold War CIA and U.S. Air Force pilots risked life and limb to spy on the Soviet Union. Today, we too can peer behind the former Iron Curtain, all from the comfort of our personal computers. Intriguingly, such virtual exploration has revealed abandoned military bases in the far reaches of Russia that – even today – house the rusting remnants of the feared Soviet bomber force.

Littered with at least 18 gutted Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires of the 444th Heavy Bomber Regiment, Vozdvizhenka air base resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape. Entering this barren place, located near Ussuriysk in the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia, 60 miles north of Vladivostok and 40 miles from the Chinese border, is like taking a step back in time.

[squarebarb]

Those are very striking fotos. Where did you find them?

[az_gila]

If you visit Tucson, you can take your own pictures of the D-M Boneyard, just from ground level...:^)

http://www.pimaair.org/visit/tour

It’s definitely worth a visit.

[zot]

Thanks for the cold war ping.

[bert]

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=air+planes+tuscon+arizona&go=Submit&qs=bs&form=QBIR#view=detail&id=B89B47B039FC1090DF6F06E8B8B815315E2A6E63&selectedIndex=22

this is an air base at tuscon where all the old planes are stored

parts can be seen from the interstate

a freeper named the air base somewhere on this thread

[ASOC]

EnlishRussia.com has many pics of abandoned military facilities of the old Soviet. Striking.

[WhiskeyX]

Yes, they do. I didn’t post the links because pages I viewed did not identify the airfields or were located at the already well known airfields.

[MHalblaub]

“Aluminum and titanium don’t rust”

Aluminium does indeed rust but in a different manner than steel. Steel rust is porous and exposes the next layer of steel to oxygen. Aluminium ‘rust’ makes a solid layer protecting the Aluminium beneath it.