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Old 30th Jul 2009, 08:50
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Dak base?

Here's one. Not a lot of clues there and so I'll tell you that it was not actually a transport base but had Daks assigned. It may not last long! RR


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Could be miles out, but I'll start the ball rolling, Salonika (aka Thessaloniki)?
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Sorry Skytrain10 but no... I'm saying no more until others chime in. RR
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RAF Hartford Bridge (aka Blackbushe)?
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Sedes, Greece?

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Maintaining the Greek theme...Dekelia?
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Well, its been going on for a while and so a small clue. It was/is a recce base for this air arm but allowed us in for four/five chartes while another well known airort was being prepared for civil traffic. RR
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Larissa...?
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Larissa

Well done Skytrain10! Here's the view in the opposite direction...

We flew LGW-LRA-SKG (Thesalloniki)-LGW weekly until Skiathos was ready. Taken in 1982 the base was then home to a number of RF-84Fs and RF-4Es. The Daks were based as a local transport flight and occupied this ramp with a SAR Agusta 205. RR

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Old 30th Jul 2009, 16:26
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Thanks RR. I was sure the C-47's had to be Greece...just a case of isolating which airfield...your last clue made that task a little easier!

Here's one to think about...
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Tonopah Nevada?
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Not Tonopah and not in North America...
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A guess because I can't remember how it is..... Marrakech?
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Shot in the dark...Aktyubinsk, Kazakhstan
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Not Aktyubinsk

Not Marrakech...but thats the best guess so far!
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OK. I've looked again and the hangerage on the left seems quite orderly, almost military. I think you can make out another ramp further away on the left too - civil? Making an assumption of Morocco asit is probably the most organised military nation in that area I'll plump for Rabat-Sale, civil/military field? RR
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I cannot see that there is any current military use for this airport, although I suspect there has been a past involvement.
Its not Rabat though.
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Afyon, Turkey?
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Not Afyon....
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Afyon has parallel runways. I'm still drawn towards the western sahara region but I could be wrong.... RR
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