Salmi (air base)
Encyclopedia
Salmi is a former Soviet Air Force
air base in Russia
located 50 km northwest of Ilinskiy. It was shown on the 1974 Department of Defense
Global Navigation Chart No. 3 as having jet facilities. As of 2000 Google Earth
indicates it has been dismantled, with some faint outlines still visible.
Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Force, officially known in Russian as Военно-воздушные силы or Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily and often abbreviated VVS was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces...
air base in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
located 50 km northwest of Ilinskiy. It was shown on the 1974 Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
Global Navigation Chart No. 3 as having jet facilities. As of 2000 Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
indicates it has been dismantled, with some faint outlines still visible.