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home-based combat aircraft in regimental or greater strength. Others support trainers, transports, or helicopters in large numbers and are used for periodic deployment exercises, and five serve only as deployment bases having no home-based aircraft. Also, certain of the large nonpermanent-surface fields are used regularly for short-term deployment exercises, with temporary support equipment deployed in place during periods of use. Others are used at irregular intervals, and some have no known use. The large graded-earth ships are military training areas have been developed in recent years, but their ultimate purpose has not yet been discerned. It is likely that they will serve logistics aircraft rather than fighter deployments.
Active and passive defenses are present at most airfields. Since 1967, when aircraft-revetment construction began, a program of hardening airfield facilities has been underway, first at airfields occupied by the Soviet Air Force and in 1972 at East German Air Forces bases. Hangarettes, each capable of housing one jet fighter aircraft, are for the most part concrete arch structures bunkered with earthen embankments and equipped with heavy metal doors. The usual number of such structures is 40 per airfield. However, at some Soviet-occupied fields there are only 10 hardened hangarettes, but these are larger types, and their basic structure is steel frame rather than concrete arch. Antiaircraft artillery and/or surface-to-air missile sites are on or near most active military airfields.
| Name and Location | Longest Runway Surface, Dimensions, Elevation Above Sea Level (Feet) | Largest Aircraft Normally Supported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alt Lonnewitz
51°33'N., 13°13'E., 7.5 miles E. of Torgau. |
Concrete
3,400 x 200 290 |
MiG-21 FISHBED | Soviet Air Forces; 6 hangars, extensive airport facilities; 40 hardened hangarettes. |
| Briesen
52°92'N., 12°45'E. |
Concrete
4,290 x 290 300 |
Il-28 BEAGLE | Soviet Air Forces; Soviet-built airfield, extensive dispersal parking; 16 steel-frame hardened hangarettes. |
| Dresden
51°08'N., 12°44'E. |
Concrete
8,200 x 350 720 |
Il-14 CRATE | Joint. Repair and maintenance of East German Air Force (EGAF) and INTERFLUG aircraft. |
| Drewitz
51°53'N., 14°32'E. |
Concrete
8,200 x 200 250 |
Il-28 BEAGLE | EGAF. MiG-21 (FISHBED) and MiG-17 (FRESCO) aircraft stationed here. |
| Gross Delin
53°02'N., 13°32'E. |
Concrete
11,300 x 290 210 |
Il-28 BEAGLE | Soviet Air Forces; largest airfield in East Germany, built to Soviet heavy-bomber airfield specifications, 40 hardened hangarettes. |
| Kothen
51°43'N., 11°58'E. |
Concrete
8,200 x 200 310 |
MiG-21 FISHBED | Soviet Air Forces; used by jet fighters since 1951; 40 hardened hangarettes. |
| Oranienburg
52°44'N., 13°13'E. |
Concrete
8,200 x 170 110 |
An-8 CAMP | Soviet Air Forces; POL storage capacity greatly increased in recent years. |
| Peenemunde
54°19'N., 12°47'E. |
Concrete
7,900 x 180 180 |
MiG-21 FISHBED | EGAF, hardened hangarette construction underway in 1972. |
| Preschen
51°60'N., 14°36'E. just SE of Socksdorf |
Concrete
8,200 x 260 320 |
MiG-21 FISHBED | EGAF, MiG-21 (FISHBED) aircraft stationed here. |
| Schonefeld
52°23'N., 15°31'E. |
Concrete
8,400 x 200 310 |
Tu-104 CAMEL | INTERFLUG, international airport. |
| Welsow
51°33'N., 14°08'E. |
Concrete
8,200 x 260 310 |
Yak-26 BADGER | Soviet Air Forces; extensive dispersal parking, remote dispersal area. 10 steel-frame hardened hangarettes. |
| Warmuchen
52°38'N., 12°48'E. |
Concrete
6,200 x 260 270 |
Yak-27 MANGROVE | Soviet Air Forces; 7 hangars; extensive support facilities, 10 steel-frame hardened hangarettes. |
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