A new airbase from nowhere?
Very occasionally, I spotted this new military airfield on satellite photos that appeared on the coast of Tianheng Town, about 65 km northeast of Qingdao City.
Very occasionally, I spotted this new military airfield on satellite photos that appeared on the coast of Tianheng Town, about 65 km northeast of Qingdao City.
The new base is about 4.5 km2, with most of the runway completed through reclamation. It's unclear when the work started, but 04 2020 photo shows that the demolition of civi buildings on the site has been completed. And the reclamation can already be seen from 09 2020.
The GE photo shows that the airfield has a 2.8km main runway and a short runway of about 600m. There are 6 helipads between the main runway and the taxiway.
And on the west side of the taxiway can see some huge foundations of what seems to be hangars, which are about 50 m wide.
And on the west side of the taxiway can see some huge foundations of what seems to be hangars, which are about 50 m wide.
Such huge hangars are rarely seen in PLAAF bases, but were found in the Spratly Islands, and together with the helipads, there is a good reason to believe that this base will belong to PLANAF. This base is also only 120 km away from the Naval Base where CV16 Liaoning is located.
It is also worth noting that there is an 80m high hill in the middle of the base with an entrance-like site on one side. Reinforced bunkers are supposed to be built inside the hill.
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