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Tapa Airfield (ICAO : EETA ) is an unused air base in Estonia located 3 km (1.9 mi ) southwest of Tapa . During the Cold War it was home to the 656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO (IAP PVO).[3] 6th Air Defence Army .
Tapa's interceptor regiment initially operated the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 (ASCC: Fresco) then the Sukhoi Su-9 (ASCC: Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[4] Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 M (ASCC: Flogger-B).[4]
In 1987, interceptor aircraft were dispatched from Tapa to intercept Mathias Rust 's Cessna 172 in a famous Cold War incident.[5] Mil Mi-24 P (ASCC: Hind-F) between 1989 and 1992.[6]
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^ EETA at Airport Guide (elevation)
^ "656th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO" . Ww2.dk. Retrieved 2022-09-18 .
^ a b PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR , February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
^ LeCompte, Tom (July 2005). "The Notorious Flight of Mathias Rust, Air & Space Magazine" . Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-09-04 .
^ "384th independent Helicopter Squadron" . Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 4 January 2023 .
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