Maladzyechna (air base)
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Maladzyechna was an air base in Belarus
located 8 km south of Maladzyechna
. It was a 1960s-era attack or interceptor base. Towards the end of the Cold War
it was plowed under for farmland. The geometrics remained visible on Google Earth
imagery as of 2006, and a small propeller airplane was visible suggesting the airfield has remained as a minor airstrip.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
located 8 km south of Maladzyechna
Maladzyechna
Maladzyechna , is a city in the Minsk Voblast of Belarus, an administrative centre of the Maladzyechna district . It has 98,514 inhabitants and is located 72 km northwest of Minsk. Located on the Usha River, it has been a settlement since 1388 when it was part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania...
. It was a 1960s-era attack or interceptor base. Towards the end of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
it was plowed under for farmland. The geometrics remained visible on Google Earth
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe, map and geographical information program that was originally called EarthViewer 3D, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a Central Intelligence Agency funded company acquired by Google in 2004 . It maps the Earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite...
imagery as of 2006, and a small propeller airplane was visible suggesting the airfield has remained as a minor airstrip.