Tapa: Air Base

Аэродром Тапа

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CoordinatesN591412 E0255715 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 330 ft
Map with location of Tapa Air Base
The history of the Cold War airfields: Tapa

General

Tapa is located in the north of Estonia. The air base is 3 km south of the city. During the Cold War, there was an air base of the Soviet Air Force.

During the Cold War

Use

Soviet air base.

In the 1950s

History

  • October 1957
    US agencies count at the airfield 90 to 110 fighters, possibly MiG-15. (Source: CIA)

In the 1970s

Situation

Tapa Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1973
Tapa 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

Overview

Tapa Air Base, Estonia, on a US satellite image from July 1980
Tapa Air Base on a US satellite image from July 1980
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
QRA lanes at both ends of the runway.
Characteristic: The QRA lanes at both ends of the runway.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

Runways

  • 05/23: 2500 m

Units

656 IAP MiG-23 (1990).

Installations

Runway; 10 QRA positions in the west and in the east, immediately north of the runway (see pattern ); taxiway in the north; flightline in the northeast; shelter areas in the west and northeast; some open parking pads; railway connection in the north from Tapa.

Sources

Links

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