Malacky military airfield
| Letecká základňa Malacky Letecká základňa Kuchyňa |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | LZMC |
| Coordinates | |
| Height above MSL | 207 m (679 ft ) |
| Transport links | |
| Distance from the city center | 10 km southeast of Malacky |
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| Basic data | |
| operator | VVzS |
| Start-and runway | |
| 02/20 | 2487 m × 56 m concrete |
The Malacky or Kuchyňa military airfield , slow. Letecká základňa Malacky or Kuchyňa , is a military airfield of the Air Force of the Slovak Republic , Veliteľstvo vzdušných síl OS SR (VVzS). It is located about 10 km southeast of the town of Malacky and 1 km west of Kuchyňa in the west of the country. It is the base of the Slovak transport aircraft.
The German air force already used the field in World War II, and before the dissolution of Czechoslovakia , the air forces of the Czechoslovakia designated the airfield as the 33rd air base. Slovakia initially used the airfield as a combat aircraft base.
history
Originally designed as an artillery firing range for the artillery school of the Czechoslovak Army , the area was converted into an airfield in 1941. The 1235 meter long runway had a grass surface. Two hangars, several barracks, a flight control tower and a fire station were built on the edge. The Wehrmacht Air Force initially used it for training. From September 1941 parts of the Great Fighting School 2 and from October 1942 the Great Observer School 2 were located here. In November 1944, the Air Force set up an air base command and also stationed regular aviation units here.
The following table shows a list of all active flying units (excluding school and supplementary units) of the Air Force that were stationed here between 1943 and 1945.
| from | to | unit | equipment |
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| October 1943 | December 1943 | Staff, 1st / NSGr. 4 (1st season of Night Battle Group 4) | Gotha Go 145 |
| July 1944 | July 1944 | Staff, I./ZG 76 (I. Group of Destroyer Squadron 76) | Messerschmitt Me 410 , Bf 109 |
| October 1944 | February 1945 | Staff II./NJG 100 (II. Group of Night Fighter Squadron 100) | Junkers Ju 88C-6 , Ju 88G-6, Ju 88G-1, Dornier Do 217N , Focke-Wulf Fw 189A , Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 |
| December 1944 | February 1945 | Staff, I./KG 4 (I. Gruppe des Kampfgeschwaders 4) | Heinkel He 111H |
| January 1945 | January 1945 | IV./TG 4 (IV. Group of Transport Wing 4) | Junkers Ju 352 , Ju 252 , Ju 90 , Focke-Wulf Fw 200 , Arado Ar 232 , Messerschmitt Me 323 , Piaggio P.108 |
| January 1945 | March 1945 | 14./KG 27 (14th squadron of Kampfgeschwader 27) | Heinkel He 111H |
| March 1945 | April 1945 | I./JG 53 (I. Group of Jagdgeschwader 53) | Messerschmitt Bf 109G |
During the Cold War , the area served as a temporary base for L-39V , which were used in the target display role over the neighboring firing ranges.
On 1 January 1993 Malacky home base was the with two squadrons Su-22M-4 / UM-3 or MiG-21 mA / MF / R / UM -equipped third fighter bomber -Regiments, 3. Stíhací Bombardovací Letecký Pluk (3SBoLP). The older MiG-21s were withdrawn the following year and in their place one of the squadrons was equipped with Su-25K / UBK in September 1994 . The remaining MiGs of the 4th squadron were decommissioned in 1996 and the remaining three squadrons also each received some L-29 trainers. The regiment itself was renamed the 33rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron , 33rd Stíhacie Bombardovacie Letecké Krídlo (33SBoLK). The fourth season initially still existed without its own aircraft being assigned.
In 1999/2000 a part of the Su-22 was sold to Angola and the L-29 came to the 2nd season in a row. This was converted into a transport and helicopter squadron at the end of 2001, the L-29 was handed over to the 1st squadron and the 4th squadron dissolved. The association and the airfield were henceforth referred to as the 2nd air base, 2nd Letecká základňa .
In view of the country's accession to NATO , there were a few other reorganizations and, in 2010, the air transport unit, which is still stationed here and which was initially equipped with An-26 and L-410 , was set up. The last change for the time being concerned the decommissioning of the An-26, whose successor, the C-27J , arrived in Malacky in 2018.
Military use
The base is (as of 2019) the home of the Slovak transport aircraft fleet, which is subordinate to the transport squadron, Dopravné krídlo " General MR Štefánika ", with a flying squadron.
Then there are the non-flying support units of the squadron.
Web links
- Homepage of the transport squadron (Slovak)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Henry L. deZeng IV: Air Force Airfields 1935-1945 Czechoslovakia. (PDF; 3.3 MB) June 2014, p. 18 , accessed on November 29, 2019 (English).