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Kalocsa (Foktő) Airfield — Air Garrison of the Southern Group of Forces (from 1957)

Аэродром Калоча (Фоктё) — гарнизон авиации Южной группы войск (с 1957 года)
HungaryКалоча1957Military sites
The military airfield between Kalocsa, Foktő and Uszód was completed by 1952 for Hungarian aviation. In autumn 1957 units of the Soviet air force moved in and later enlarged and modernised the airfield; from 1970 a helicopter regiment was based here. After the withdrawal of the Soviet troops in the early 1990s the site was taken over by the town of Kalocsa and the municipalities of Foktő and Uszód.
Военный аэродром между Калочей, Фоктё и Усодом построен к 1952 году для венгерской авиации. Осенью 1957 года на нём разместились части советских военно-воздушных сил, которые позднее расширили и модернизировали аэродром; с 1970 года здесь базировался вертолётный полк. После вывода советских войск в начале 1990-х годов территорию получили город Калоча и общины Фоктё и Усод.

Property abroad

EraUSSR
FunctionMilitary site (historical)
Present ownerTown of Kalocsa and the municipalities of Foktő and Uszód
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2014-12
According to the website of the town of Kalocsa (30 December 2014), the airfield is owned by the town of Kalocsa and the municipalities of Foktő and Uszód and is out of use; the municipalities intend to bring it back into operation.

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