Raadi Airfield

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name = Tartu Air Base
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type = Military
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operator = Soviet Air Force
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location = Tartu
elevation-f = 223
elevation-m = 68
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r1-length-f = 9842
r1-length-m = 3000
r1-surface = Concrete
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Tartu Air Base is a former air base in Estonia located 4 km northeast of Tartu. It is a fairly extensive base with 24 large revetments and over 30 small ones. It was home to 132 TBAP (132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) which flew Tupolev Tu-16 and Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft [cite web| title = Dal'nyaya Aviatsiya | publisher = Aviabaza KPOI | url = http://airbase.ru/squad/russia/da/ ] . 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 [cite web| title = 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK | publisher = Brinkster.com | url = http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm ] . These jets were relocated to Tver.

By 1993 it was listed as a designated emergency airfield on a 1993 Jeppesen chart for airline use although this is no longer possible as the runway has various used car lots preventing use by planes. On 16 January 2006 the winning works of the international architecture competition held to design the new Estonian National Museum building were revealed. [ cite web
title = The Estonian National Museum’s New building
url = http://www.erm.ee./index.php?lang=ENG&node=64
] [ cite web
title = 1 prize entitled Memory Field
url = http://www.erm.ee./index.php?lang=ENG&node=753&parent=64
]

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