Bălți-Singureni Airfield
Bălți-Singureni Airfield Aerodromul Bălți-Singureni | |
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Bălți-Singureni Airfield Luftwaffe aerial image (1944) | |
| Summary | |
| Airport type | Military during Second World War (until 1944) |
| Operator | 55th Fighter Aviation Regiment (IAP-55) Jagdgeschwader 77 Kampfgeschwader 27 Kampfgeschwader 51 White Squadron |
| Serves | Bălți |
| Location | Singureni, 7,5km north-west from Bălți, Moldova, next to M5 highway |
| Closed | 1944 |
| Coordinates | 47°48′50″N 27°52′05″E / 47.81389°N 27.86806°E |
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Bălți-Singureni Airfield (Romanian: Aerodromul Bălți-Singureni, Russian: Аэродром Бельцы-Сингурены), also known as Bălți Airfield, was the first Soviet military airfield of Bălți (in its suburb Singureni) immediately after Bessarabia was annexed by the USSR from the Kingdom of Romania.
During World War II, the site was selected by Soviet authorities for transfer of military squadrons from Kirovograd, and, together with the then Bălți-City Airfield developed next to former Romanian military polygon and used in its turn as a training airfield in Bălți for the Singureni located airfield, was the main military air base of Bălți in the Soviet period, with different auxiliary military airfield in the Moldavian SSR and in the Ukrainian SSR.
Starting from December 1, 1940, the Soviet 55th Fighter Aviation Regiment, started being based at the ‘Bălți’ airfield near Singureni, where it was re-equipped with MiG-3 fighters.