Kansk Air Base

Kansk-Dalny is an air base located 9 km south of Kansk, Russia. It is a fighter base featuring approximately 10 remote revetments. The base is owned by the Ministry of Defence and operated by the Russian Aerospace Forces. Construction of the air base began in 1959. The 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment arrived at Kansk in 1959, having previously been based at Kansk-Tsentralny. The regiment operated Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 aircraft during the 1970s, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 and Sukhoi Su-15TM aircraft during the 1980s, and Mikoyan MiG-31 aircraft during the 1990s. In 2009, the regiment was briefly retitled the 6979th Air Base but reverted to its previous designation in 2015. Kansk-Dalny originally had an unpaved runway until it was modernized in 1975 with the construction of a concrete runway, taxiways, and revetments, coinciding with the 712th Guards' conversion to the Sukhoi Su-15TM. In December 2012, six modernized MiG-31BM fighter jets entered service with the Kansk Aviation Group. The 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment is currently tasked with the air defense of key locations within its area of responsibility. From the mid-1980s to 1994, the 15th Separate Aviation Rescue Detachment (OASO), equipped with Tupolev A-3 Aerosledge, Mil Mi-8T, and Antonov An-12BP aircraft, was based at the airfield. Additionally, the 662nd Training Regiment of the Barnaul Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots operated Aero L-39 Albatros, Antonov An-2, and Antonov An-24VSR aircraft at the airfield until the mid-1990s.