Maladzyechna (also Molodechno) was an air base in

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located 8 km south of

Maladzyechna Maladzyechna ( be, Маладзе́чна, Maladziečna, ; russian: Молоде́чно, Molodechno; pl, Mołodeczno) is a city in the Minsk Region of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna District (and formerly of the Maladzyech ...

. It was a 1960s-era attack or interceptor base. Towards the end of the

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it was plowed under for farmland. The geometrics remained visible on

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imagery as of 2006, and a small propeller airplane was visible suggesting the airfield has remained as a minor airstrip.

References

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