Tapa Airfield

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Tapa Airfield

Tapa lennuväli
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorEstonian Air Force
LocationTapa
Elevation AMSL331 ft / 101 m
Coordinates59°14′06″N 025°57′06″E / 59.23500°N 25.95167°E / 59.23500; 25.95167Coordinates: 59°14′06″N 025°57′06″E / 59.23500°N 25.95167°E / 59.23500; 25.95167
Map
EETA is located in Estonia
EETA
EETA
Location in Estonia
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
05/23 2,500 8,202 Concrete
Sources: Forgotten Airfields[1][2]

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'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[]

References[]

  1. ^ Tapa Airfield at Forgotten Airfields
  2. ^ EETA at Airport Guide (elevation)
  3. ^ http://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/656iap.htm
  4. ^ a b PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
  5. ^ 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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