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Tapa Airfield (ICAO: EETA) is an unused air base in Estonia located 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Tapa. During the Cold War it was home to the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (IAP PVO).[3] For most of the time the regiment was part of the 14th Air Defence Division of the 6th Air Defence Army.
Tapa Airfield Tapa lennuväli | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Estonian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Tapa | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 331 ft / 101 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°14′06″N 025°57′06″E | ||||||||||
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Tapa's interceptor regiment initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[4] This aircraft was replaced in 1978 with the MiG-23M (Flogger-B).[4]
In 1987, interceptor aircraft were dispatched from Tapa to intercept Mathias Rust's Cessna 172 in a famous Cold War incident.[5]
See also
- Tapa Army Base
- List of airports in Estonia
References
- Tapa Airfield at Forgotten Airfields
- EETA at Airport Guide (elevation)
- "656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
- PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- LeCompte, Tom (July 2005). "The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust, Air & Space Magazine". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
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На других языках
[de] Flughafen Tapa
Der Flughafen Tapa (estnisch Tapa lennuväli) befindet sich 3 km von der estnischen Stadt Tapa (deutsch Taps) entfernt.- [en] Tapa Airfield
[ru] Тапа (аэродром)
Та́па — военный аэродром в уезде Ляэне-Вирумаа Эстонии, расположенный на южной окраине города Тапа.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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