Varfolomeyevka (also given as Varfolomeyevka South) is an air base in Primorsky Krai, Russia. During the 1980s it was one of 17 tactical reconnaissance aircraft bases in the Soviet Union, and one of two such bases in the Far East region along with its sister base Vozzhayevka.STATUS OF SOVIET TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE FORCES USSR/EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN(SANITIZED), March 22, 1984, CIA-RDP84T00491R000101240001-9, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
The base is home to the 799th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron flying the Sukhoi Su-24MR (NATO: Fencer).
During the 1960s the primary aircraft assigned were Ilyushin Il-28R (NATO: Beagle).ORDER OF BATTLE (Sanitized), July 1, 1965, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. By 1984 the aircraft had been modernized with 20 to 30 Yakovlev Yak-28R (NATO: Brewer-D/E) and 2 to 16 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21R (NATO: Fishbed-H) reconnaissance jets. During the 1980s the Soviet Union was replacing these aging aircraft with its third-generation tactical reconnaissance aircraft, the Sukhoi Su-17MR (NATO: Fitter),DEPLOYMENT OF FITTER H - NEW SOVIET FIGHTER RECONNAISSANCE VARIANT, February 1, 1981, CIA-RDP81T00380R000100440001-4, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC but it is unknown whether any were assigned to Varfolomeyevka.
In the first decade of the 21st century the airfield hosted regiments of the Russian 11th Air and Air Defence Forces Army.
An unpaved airfield given as Varfolomeyevka Southwest () existed 2 km north of Varfolomeyevka South in 1960s Western intelligence documentsPHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT CHRONOLOGY OF AIRFRAME PLANT 116 ARSENYEV, USSR, CIA-RDP02T06408R001100010020-6, January 1, 1968, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. and was still visible in 1984 Landsat imagery.
See also
List of military airbases in Russia
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