Maant (Manita, Bagakhangai) Airfield — Soviet Air Garrison in Mongolia (1971–1989)

Аэродром Маньт (Манита, Багахангай) — гарнизон советской авиации в Монголии (1971–1989)

MongoliaБагахангай1971–1989Military sites

The airfield by Maant railway station, known in the Soviet garrison as Manita, was used from 1971 by a Soviet fighter regiment equipped with MiG-21 aircraft. An aviation town with housing blocks and a school was built beside it. The garrison was withdrawn in 1989, after which the town and the airfield passed to the Mongolian side.

Аэродром у железнодорожной станции Маньт, известный в советском гарнизоне как Манита, с 1971 года использовался советским истребительным авиаполком, вооружённым самолётами МиГ-21. При аэродроме был построен авиационный городок с жилыми домами и школой. Гарнизон выведен в 1989 году, после чего городок и аэродром перешли к монгольской стороне.

Property abroad

EraUSSR

FunctionMilitary site (historical)

Present ownerMongolia (the state); handed over in 1989

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2022-07

According to IQ.HSE (28 July 2022), in the former Soviet aviators' town at Bagakhangai a granite stele addressed to the airmen survives against a background of ruined buildings.