Smirnykh (air base)
| Smirnykh | |||||||||||
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| IATA: none – ICAO: none | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Soviet Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Smirnykh | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 141 ft / 43 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°44′18″N 142°51′36″E / 49.73833°N 142.86000°ECoordinates: 49°44′18″N 142°51′36″E / 49.73833°N 142.86000°E | ||||||||||
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Smirnykh (also Smirnyh) is an air base in Sakhalin, Russia located 2 km east of Smirnykh. It appears in June 1966 KH-7 imagery with a runway length of 2000 m. It was expanded sometime after this to 2500 m with a new extension of revetments added. An ICAO report on the downing of Korean Air Flight 007 indicates that it was carried out by the PVO (Soviet Anti-Air Defense) in 1983 and hosted MiG-23 fighter aircraft.