Aviation Museum “SKY ZOO” Karinė įranga
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The Aviation Museum “Sky Zoo” is located in Smārde parish, Tukums municipality, in the territory of Jūrmala Airport that was once the Tukums Military Airfield. The exhibit includes aircrafts YAK-40, AN-2, SU22M4, PZL TS-11 Iskra and a helicopter MI-24. Tour of the airfield includes hangars, caponiers and engineering equipment. The airfield was used by both the German and Soviet armies. During the Soviet occupation it was one of the most important military airfields in the territory of Latvia. The fighters stationed there were intended to attack enemy ships and bomb coastal fortifications. On the night of 9 November 1975, a battle alarm was received at the Tukums airfield – there was enemy warship in the territorial waters of the Soviet Union (in the Gulf of Riga), and it had to be destroyed. Several planes took off from Tukums. However, it turned out that it was the Soviet naval warship ‘Storozhevoi’ (Guardian) on which an armed mutiny against the existing Soviet regime took place. When the planes reached the warship, the battle was still ongoing. Later the rebel leader Valery Sablin, a Soviet naval officer, was wounded and the mutiny ended. He was sentenced to death for treason. This was one of the most dramatic events showing the discontent with the regime and marking the approach of its collapse.
Panaudoti šaltiniai ir literatūra:
Official website of Jurmala airport. Available at: https://jurmalaairport.com/lv [Reviewed: 27.03.2021.].
Čimurs, P. Tukums militarists do not obey. Day, No.57. 1992
Ozola, A. Tukums. Old Town. Streets and houses, their inhabitants. Tukums Museum. 2007.
Шигин В. В. Мятежный “Сторожевой”. Последний парад капитана 3-го ранга Саблина. Вече, 2013.
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Susijusi istorija
Ar Tukumo aerodrome buvo palaidotos branduolinės galvutės?
Buvęs sargybos vadas Aivaras Skurstenis sutiko atviram pokalbiui su Tukumo rajono laikraščiu „Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas“. Kadaise jis buvo atsargos karininkas ir lauko sargyba, o 1993 metais jam buvo pasiūlytos sargo pareigos Laimonio Mucenieko vadovaujamoje žemės ūkio bendrovėje „Durbė“. Buvo saugomas biuras – Līvānų namas. Tokia istorijos pradžia.
Karinis aerodromas prie Tukumo
Šiandien vos matomuose žole apaugusiuose angaruose prie greitkelio į Tukumą sovietmečiu stovėjo kariuomenės naikintuvai. Net ir tais laikais aerodromas su angarais buvo užmaskuotas, o neišmanėliai apie tai neturėjo jokio supratimo.
Tukums reserve aerodrome management in the 90s.
With the departure of the Soviet occupation forces, the looting of many former war bases began. Soviet soldiers tried to take out as much as possible and leave the degraded infrastructure. After the departure of the troops, these bases continued to be looted by civilians and to exploit former military infrastructure.
Tukumo aerodromo paslaptis
Tukumo aerodromas slepia paslaptį, kurios iki šiol niekas neišsprendė – ar tikrai aerodromo teritorijoje yra branduolinės raketos branduolinė galvutė, kurią 1990-aisiais aerodromą apleidus, ten iškasė Rusijos kariuomenės specialiosios tarnybos?
The story of Cīrava airfield
Cīrava airfield - created during the Second World War, used by the Soviets as a DOSAAF airfield, currently used for agricultural purposes and recreational trips, as well as Soviet-era aircraft on display in the hangar