Matrosovo is a former air base on Sakhalin Island, Russia located 14 km north of

Leonidovo Leonidovo was a Soviet Naval Aviation reserve airfield in the remote central area of Sakhalin, Russia located east of Leonidovo. Declassified KH-7 imagery obtained from the U.S. Geological Survey shows that it existed in June 1966 without muc ...

. It served as a dispersal airfield for military aircraft on Sakhalin Island during the Cold War. Matrosovo was identified on Western Intelligence documents around 1962.MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION 9047 5-9 NOVEMBER 1962, CREST: CIA-RDP78B04560A000900010017-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. The Central Intelligence Agency's collection of declassified documents do not show that any aircraft were ever observed at this airfield, and no documents after 1970 reference the airfield. In 1985 a

Tupolev Tu-16 The Tupolev Tu-16 ( NATO reporting name: Badger) is a twin-engined jet strategic heavy bomber used by the Soviet Union. It has been flown for almost 70 years, and the Chinese license-built Xian H-6 remains in service with the People's Liberatio ...

from Khorol crashed at or near this airfield. Matrosovo was not used after the Cold War and has fallen into a state of decay.

References

RussianAirFields.com
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