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| Coordinates | N564022 E0234050 (WGS84) Google Maps |
The history of the Cold War airfields: Jelgava
During the Cold War
Use
Soviet Air Force base.
Situation
Jelgava Airfield on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1973 - (ONC D-3 (1973), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin /PCL MC/)
Runways
- 09/27: 2500 m
Radio communication
Call sign: Ноготок
Units
Occupation by Soviet units (courtesy of "Unter dem Radar"):
- 09 May 45 - ???: Fighter Regiment of the Air Defense (Yak-7b, Yak-9, P-40)
- June 1945 - January 1946: HQ Fighter Division with Fighter Regiment (Yak-9)
- 1946 - April 1955: HQ of a Ground Attack Division
- April 1955 - July 1956: Fighter Bomber Division
- 1946 - July 1956: at least two ground-attack regiments (Il-10, MiG-15)
- 1979 - 1992: one independent helicopter squadron electronic warfare (Mi-8, Mi-8PPA, Mi-8SMW, Mi-9)
History
- October 1957
US agencies count about 45... 50 aircraft on the airfield, most of them probably MiG-15 FAGOT. (Source: CIA)
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