Amderma Airport
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amderma-airport-196-6910753
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Amderma Airport
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Amderma Airport is a former interceptor base in Arctic Russia, near Novaya Zemlya, located 4 km west of Amderma (Амдерма). It is a simple airfield built on a spit along the ocean, with some tarmac space. The facility's prime purpose was to defend the northern approaches to European Russia. Amderma's significance was driven home during the Cold War years when on 1 June 1960 a MiG-19 from Amderma shot down a Boeing RB-47H that was crossing Cape Kanin Nos. Since the 1960s, the airfield has been hom
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Airport in Russia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amderma_Airport
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2024-03-17T15:02:25Z
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