Medyn-Aduyevo was a

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

base in

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located 56 km northwest of Kaluga. It was a 1960s-era airbase, situated 9 km northeast of the town of

Medyn Medyn (russian: Меды́нь) is a town and the administrative center of Medynsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the Medynka River ( Oka basin), northwest of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Histo ...

. By the 1980s or 1990s the airfield had been completely plowed over into pasture. A

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intersection is along the former southern tarmac. Two confluence hunters did not see any remains or even suspect them, but visit photos clearly show wide clearings and revetments grown over by vegetation.

References

External links

Degree Confluence Project page for Medyn-Aduyevo location
(pages may be in Russian) Soviet Air Force bases {{Russia-mil-stub ar:مدين (روسيا)