Pärnu: Air Base

Аэродром Пярну

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CoordinatesN582511 E0242826 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 47 ft
Location indicatorEEPU
Map with location of Pärnu Air Base
The history of the Cold War airfields: Pärnu

General

Pärnu is located in the southwest of Estonia. During the Cold War, there was a large air base of the Soviet Air Force northwest of the city.

During the Cold War

Use

Soviet air base.

In the 1950s

History

  • October 1957
    US agencies count at the airfield:
    - 40 to 50 aircraft Il-28 or Tu-14
    - 24 fighter planes, possibly MiG-15 or MiG-17
    - 2 transport aircraft, possibly Li-2 (Source: CIA)

In the 1960s

Overview

Pärnu Air Base on a US satellite picture from 16 May 1966
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enlargement: old runway system
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enlargement: 26 aircraft of different types
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enlargement: Additional 5 aircraft on the southwestern edge
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enlargement: Target cross?
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Enlargement: Radio beacon for approaches from the northeast
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Railways around the airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

History

  • July 1965
    US agencies count at the airfield 9 large swept-wing fighter aircraft and 5 possibly small swept-wing fighter aircraft. (Source: CIA)

In the 1970s

Situation

Pärnu Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1973
Source: ONC D-3 (1973), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin /PCL MC/

In the 1980s and early 1990s

Runways

  • 03/21: 2500 m x 45 m

Units

655 IAP (655 ИАП) MiG-23 (1990).

Today

Use

Civil airfield.

Sources

Airfields in the vicinity

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