🛩️ Spassk-Dalny Airfield

Soviet Union · Europe · 44.61°N, 132.89°E

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Spassk-Dalny Airfield, also known in the US intelligence community as Spassk-Dalniy East, was a Soviet Air Force base in Primorsky Krai, Russia located 6 km (4 mi) northeast of Spassk-Dalny, Russia. Spassk-Dalny was primarily a Soviet Air Defence Forces (PVO) interceptor airfield for defending against Western aircraft, with the 821st Fighter Aviation Regiment based here. However, the 219th Long-Range Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment of the 30th Air Army, Long Range Aviation was also a tenant during the 1950s and 1960s, operating Tupolev Tu-16 Badger aircraft for intelligence operations around east Asia.

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Quick facts

CountrySoviet Union
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)44.61°N, 132.89°E · view on map

Spassk-Dalny Airfield is located in Soviet Union, in Europe.

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