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Veshchevo (also Veshtevo, Vyborg East) is an air base in Russia located 23 km east of Vyborg. It is a basic military airfield northwest of St. Petersburg (Leningrad). The 66 OMSHAP (66th Independent Naval Shturmovik Aviation Regiment) was based here with 45 Sukhoi Su-17M2 aircraft in the early 1990s [1]. On March 8, 1988 a hijacked Tupolev Tu-154 which was parking at this airfield was captured by Soviet security forces. The airfield is now abandoned.
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