quote:Originally posted by Red Dog:
So far all airbases i've found are much farther North, so no supported airbase so far in Kazakstan.
Great links. It pointed out some mistakes in my original list
Thanks
RD
I'll do some quick searches on non-military airports in Kazakhstan. There may be some in the South that would support large aircraft, but that are not airbases.
[Edit1]
Judging from this map, there's only 2 "big cities" that might have airports - Shimkent and Taraz. Here's a list of airport codes:
http://www.airportcitycodes.com/aaa/Cou ... rports.htm
In this list, I'm pretty sure "Chimkent" is the same as Shimkent. I don't know if this is in theater or not.
[Edit3] No - you're right, there's no Kasack airports in the theater. From the Afghanistan page, here's the lat/long of the theater:
NW: Lat 42.2063 Long 55.5714
NE: Lat 42.2063 Long 80.4286
SW: Lat 23.7937 Long 57.9385
SE: Lat 23.7937 Long 78.0615
From here:
http://www.wapf.com/world/KZ.html
Here's the lat/long of Shymkent(UAII): 42.3642/69.4789 - so it's just a bit too far north to be in the theater. From that site, also, there aren't any other airports to the south that are big enough to have the navigational equipment.