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{{Infobox airport
| name = Raadi Airfield
| nativename =
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| image = Raadi Airfield 2009.jpg
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| caption = Main runway in 2009
| IATA =
| ICAO = EETR
| type = Military
| owner =
| operator = Soviet Air Force
| city-served =
| location = Tartu
| elevation-f = 223
| coordinates = {{coord|58|24|17|N|026|46|25|E|region:EE|display=inline,title}}
| website =
| pushpin_map = Estonia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Estonia
| pushpin_label = EETR
| metric-elev =
| metric-rwy = Y
| r1-number = 09/27
| r1-length-f = 9842
| r1-length-m = 3000
| r1-surface = Concrete
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| footnotes = Sources: Forgotten Airports[1]
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Raadi Airfield (Tartu Air Base) {{airport codes||EETR}} is a former air base in Estonia located {{Convert|4|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Tartu. The land once belonged to Raadi Manor and is now designated as the new site of the Estonian National Museum.

History

In 1940 {{convert|100|ha}} were requisitioned from the Raadi Manor estates to create a Russian airport.[2] The airfield was fought over during the Second World War and the manor house was burnt during the Tartu Offensive.

The airport became a major Soviet bomber base for fifty years. The secrecy of the airfield meant that foreigners were not allowed to visit the city. Few dozens of bombers were based here making it the largest Baltic airfield. This meant that the museum's collection had to be stored in places like the city's churches. The airfield is still seen as a reminder that Estonia was occupied by Soviet forces.[3]

It was a fairly extensive base with 24 large revetments and over 30 small ones. This airfield was rated in 1956 by USA to 13. position in USSR airfield priority list which means it was the only nuclear target in Baltics at this time.[4] It was a Soviet base, home to 132 TBAP (132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) which flew Tupolev Tu-16 and Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft.[5] It was also a transport base with the 192 and/or 196 VTAP (Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Ilyushin Il-76M cargo jets until 1990.[6] These jets were relocated to Tver.

On 15 January 1991, a Soviet Air Force Tupolev Tu-16K Badger crashed near Tartu Air Base, on landing when the undercarriage failed to extend. The pilot and co-pilot ejected, but the four crew members were killed.[7]

Today

By 1993 it was listed as a designated emergency airfield on a Jeppesen chart for airline use although this is no longer possible as the runway has various used car lots preventing use by aircraft. On 16 January 2006 the winning works of the international architecture competition held to design the new Estonian National Museum building were revealed.

[8][9]

Gallery

References

1. ^Raadi Airfield at Forgotten Airfields
2. ^History, ERM.ee, retrieved 31 December 2013
3. ^Estonian National Museum Where is this? When is this? {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101065331/http://www.erm.ee/en/about-us/new-building |date=2014-01-01 }}, ERM.ee, retrieved 1 January 2014
4. ^http://digileht.epl.delfi.ee/uudised/kulma-soja-aegne-usa-sojaplaan-nagi-ette-tartu-tuumarelvaga-havitamise?id=73276103
5. ^{{cite web| title = Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya | publisher = Aviabaza KPOI | url = http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/da/ }}
6. ^{{cite web| title = 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK | publisher = Brinkster.com | url = http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm }}
7. ^http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/project/YEAR_Pages/1991.htm
8. ^ {{cite web| title = The Estonian National Museum’s New building| url = http://www.erm.ee./index.php?lang=ENG&node=64}}
9. ^ {{cite web| title = 1 prize entitled Memory Field| url = http://www.erm.ee./index.php?lang=ENG&node=753&parent=64}}

9 : Defunct airports in Estonia|Transport in Tartu|Tartu Parish|Soviet Air Force bases|Soviet Long Range Aviation|Soviet Military Transport Aviation|1910s establishments in Estonia|Buildings and structures in Tartu County|Buildings and structures in Tartu

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