is named after the nearby city of Engels, which is named after the Communist philosopher, Friedrich Engels. The base is home to the 121st Guards Heavy...
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bombers to Russia to pay off energy debts; these are now at Russia's Engels-2 air base. The last of Ukraine's strategic bombers, a Tu-160, was destroyed...
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order. 6950th Guards Air Base – Engels-2 (air base), Saratov Oblast 121st Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment Soviet Union Soviet Air Forces Long Range...
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the Saratov Oblast Engels Air Force Base, formerly Engels-2 (air base), a strategic bomber military airbase near Saratov, Russia Engels MI, a Russian floatplane/fighter...
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Aviation Division, 6950th Guards Air Base – Engels-2 (air base), Saratov Oblast Olenya (air base), aircraft relocated from Engels after Ukrainian drone attacks...
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aircraft for the trip to Engels-2 air base. Between November 1999 and February 2001 the aircraft were transferred to Engels. One Tu-160 remains on display...
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‘Robbie’ Robinson, photographed the Kapustin Yar missile test range, the Engels-2 air base, and the Kuybyshev bomber factory. They showed no sign of the bombers...
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incorporated as a city of oblast significance Engels-2 (air base), a nearby Russian Air Force base Rural localities Engels, Orenburg Oblast, a settlement in Marksovsky...
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until it was renamed after German Marxist theoretician Friedrich Engels in 1931. Engels served as the capital of the Volga German ASSR from 1918 until its...
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down near Engels-2 Air Base with only slight damage to residential housing and no injuries. There were unverified reports on social media of air raid sirens...
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