Maykhe (air base)
Maykhe | |||||||||||
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 Maykhe airfield, 1970, from KH-4B satellite. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Soviet Armed Forces[citation needed] | ||||||||||
| Location | Primorsky Krai, Russia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 225 ft / 68 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°25′21″N 132°25′27″E / 43.42250°N 132.42417°E[1] | ||||||||||
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Maykhe (Russian: Майхэ), also given as Mayke, is an abandoned military air base[1] of the Soviet Armed Forces in Primorsky Krai, Russia. It is located about 20 km (12 miles) east of the town of Artyom. It was identified by Western intelligence as early as 1962,[2] and in 1971 it was linked to a missile facility northeast of the airfield.[1]
The airfield fell into disuse after the Cold War, and photo galleries on Wikimapia show auto racing events on the former runway.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c CABLE (SANITIZED) FROM NPIC, April 16, 1971, CIA-RDP78B03826A000400060016-8, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ MISSION COVERAGE INDEX MISSION 9044 29 AUGUST - 2 SEPTEMBER 1962, July 1, 1963, CIA-RDP78B04560A000600010061-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
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