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Here is a read only link to the Aerodrome Database - WhichAerodrome.xlsx. Up to date as of 1/5/2019. Catching up slowly - up to May 2019 now (Mar 2020).
Here are some "rules" for Which Aerodrome. These are based upon the original suggestions from the very first thread, and have a few additions. Also please be patient as when you are active others may be asleep.
 Thanks to Self Loading Bear for suggesting that we use a wiki. Which Aerodrome I Which Aerodrome II nvubu. 
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Which Aerodrome Mk III
Great video!
Are we allowed to ask WHY you/they went to Khorog?
Are we allowed to ask WHY you/they went to Khorog?
Can you post the unclipped Polikarpov picture?
Are we in Asia?
Afghanistan?
that desert type is fairly distinctive - it sort of reminds me of bits of Outer Mongolia
Hi all.. I'm on the other side of the world from most of you right now, so the 24 hour rule is helpful. I just woke up, poured my first cuppa, and most of you are probably heading off to bed - or have already done so.
Well done O Ops! -- Sheberghan it is! I thought it would take longer as there are / were many similar places in Afghanistan (the pix are from 2007) but noting the terrain (slopes on the edge of a desert) likely helped a lot. Here is another view on arrival. We always had to verify (quickly and accurately, both before and after landing) whether the greeting party were "ours" or "theirs".
Take it away O Ops!
Well done O Ops! -- Sheberghan it is! I thought it would take longer as there are / were many similar places in Afghanistan (the pix are from 2007) but noting the terrain (slopes on the edge of a desert) likely helped a lot. Here is another view on arrival. We always had to verify (quickly and accurately, both before and after landing) whether the greeting party were "ours" or "theirs".
Take it away O Ops!
Thank you Grizzled. Your visits to this airfield in the nature of little bit of discreet diplomacy perhaps? India Two Four thanks for pointing me in the right direction....
Open House.
Open House.
Yes, discreet is the right word -- and always a logistical quagmire...
As you say, India Four Two sighted you in, and interestingly, Asturias comment was right on as well: when I was sorting some of my photos, I found some that I thought were from Afghanistan but they were actually Mongolia!
As you say, India Four Two sighted you in, and interestingly, Asturias comment was right on as well: when I was sorting some of my photos, I found some that I thought were from Afghanistan but they were actually Mongolia!
That's why I said "both before and after landing". This is certainly not the place for discussing how one ascertains / confirms that the people on the ground waiting are the people you were expecting, but, as people who have operated in certain environments could confirm, there are ways to do so. If, for whatever reason those waiting turn out to be other than those you were expecting, and "antagonistic" (for want of a better word), the situation could well deteriorate quickly. What you could / would do at that point would depend very much on the specific situation and your (or your organisation's) protocols. Nuff said on that.
'Tis Open House!
'Tis Open House!
This is one that wasn't around for very long but has associations with a famous flyer or two -- the straight road runs right through the site as far as I can tell
These brave lads operated out of there for a while
