Sedes Air Base
Sedes Airport Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Owner | Hellenic Air Force | ||||||||||
| Serves |  Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| Location |  Macedonia,Greece | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 81 ft / 27 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°32′01.83″N23°01′26.83″E/ 40.5338417°N 23.0241194°E | ||||||||||
| Website | (Website) | ||||||||||
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Sedes Airportis a military airport 15 km east ofThessaloniki,Greece,and 3 km northeast ofThessaloniki'sMacedonia International Airport.Sedes airport started operating during theBalkan Wars[1]and has since been exclusively used by theHellenic Air Force.Nowadays it also houses anaviation museum,displaying a variety of oldaircrafttypes.
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 - operatingMIM-104 PatriotPAC-3 batteries
References[edit]
- ^Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ.Archivedfrom the original on 2007-04-26.Retrieved2008-09-14.
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