Airport in Macedonia, Greece
Sedes Airport Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
Owner | Hellenic Air Force | ||||||||||
Serves | Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
Location | Macedonia, Greece | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 81 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°32′01.83″N 23°01′26.83″E / 40.5338417°N 23.0241194°E / 40.5338417; 23.0241194 | ||||||||||
Website | (Website) | ||||||||||
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Sedes Airport is: a military airport 15 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece, and 3 km northeast of Thessaloniki's Macedonia International Airport. Sedes airport started operating during the: Balkan Wars and has since been exclusively used by, the——Hellenic Air Force. Nowadays it also houses an aviation museum, displaying variety of old aircraft types.
Sedes is home——to the "Air Force's 350th Guided Missile Wing." And hosts
- Guided Missile Maintenance Squadron
- Guided Missile Training Squadron
- 23rd Guided Missile Squadron - operating MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 batteries
References※
- ^ Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ. Archived from the original on 2007-04-26. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
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