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CoordinatesN522318 E0114935 (WGS84) Google Maps
Former East Germany (GDR)District of Magdeburg
Federal stateSachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt)
Map with location of Mahlwinkel Soviet Air Base, Germany
Germany during the Cold War Map
The history of the Cold War airfields: Mahlwinkel

During the Cold War

Use

Soviet airfield / helicopter base.

In the 1960s

Overview

Mahlwinkel Air Base, Germany, on a US satellite image 1969
Mahlwinkel Air Base on a US satellite image from 06 February 1969 - The airfield has a simple layout. In the south are the barracks.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Western end of the runway
Western end of the runway
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Flight line
Flight line
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern end of the runway
Eastern end of the runway
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Mahlwinkel Air Base, Germany
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Mahlwinkel Airfield
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Buildings
Buildings
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Barracks, southwestern part
Barracks, southwestern part
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Mahlwinkel Soviet barracks, Germany
Soviet barracks
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Installations
Installations
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
Installations
Installations
Source: U.S. Geological Survey

In the 1970s

Situation

Mahlwinkel Air Base on a map 1972
Mahlwinkel Air Base on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin

In the 1980s and early 1990s

Runways

Data for the year 1990:
  • 09/27: 2500 m Concrete

Radio beacons

Data for the year 1990:
  • LOM 27: 300 "ZW"
  • LMM 27: 620 "Z"
  • LMM 09: 620 "NU"

Radio communication

Call sign: OSENNIJ (1990)

Units

1990: 296 OVE (Mi-2, Mi-6, Mi-8, Mi-9, Mi-24); 337 OBVP (Mi-8, Mi-24)

Installations

Railway siding from Mahlwinkel station to the southern part of the airfield.

Today

Use

Closed.
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