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airfield, with the 300 and 302nd Bomber Aviation Regiment a mainstay in later years.

History

The airfield was first spotted by Western forces during Lockheed U-2 overflights in March 1958. Analysts found a 7,600 x 150' runway but could not see much detail. Later missions revealed as many as 93 aircraft parked on the ramps, most of them MiG-17 Fresco. Around 1970, the airfield had been upgraded with

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Fencer and Mikoyan MiG-27 Flogger.

References

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