Maladzyechna | |
Icao: | UMOV |
Type: | Public |
Location: | Maladzyechna |
Elevation-F: | 682 |
Elevation-M: | 208 |
R1-Length-F: | 7874 |
R1-Length-M: | 2400 |
Maladzyechna (also Molodechno) was an air base in Belarus located 8 km south of Maladzyechna. It was a 1960s-era fighter base, headquarters of the 330th Fighter Aviation Division, 26th Air Army from 1955-60.[1] Towards the end of the Cold War it was plowed under for farmland. The geometrics remained visible on Google Earth imagery as of 2006, and a small propeller airplane was visible suggesting the airfield has remained as a minor airstrip.