Documentation on what was based where during the Cold War

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Long story short, I like to create "free flight" missions with populated air bases and airports to at least give me the illusion of the world being alive - but I'm having some difficulties finding out what was based where in East Germany. West Germany seems to be well documented, but for the East I'm finding a lot of conflicting accounts on what was based where.

If anyone know of a reputable source for what aircraft were based at what air base in Eastern Germany I'd be very happy if you could share it.

[QuiGon]

I like to use https://scramble.nl as a source for my own missions. They also have an ORBAT for the East German Air Force: https://scramble.nl/planning/orbats/east-germany/east-german-forces-historical-orbat

While that's quite a reliable source in my experience, I still tend to cross check it with other sources. The German Wikipedia offers a lot of information on the East German Air Force and their structure. There's an article for each of its squadrons, so maybe that also helps if you run it through a translator:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_1
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_2
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_3
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_7
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_8
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdfliegergeschwader_9
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportfliegerstaffel_24
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinefliegergeschwader_28
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporthubschraubergeschwader_34
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdbombenfliegergeschwader_37
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdbombenfliegergeschwader_77

Edited September 17 by QuiGon

[Volator]

With regards to the Soviet Airforce in East Germany, you can also find alot of information on this website:

https://www.16va.be/sitemap.html

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Thanks guys! That's exactly what I was looking for!

[Nealius]

scamble.nl gives a 403 error. 

I've been using this site: https://www.mil-airfields.de/countries.html#DE

However it can sometime be thin on what units are based where during which time frame. A lot of it seems to be focused on MiG-15/-17 era. 

[dryheat94]

1 hour ago, Nealius said:

scamble.nl gives a 403 error. 

Works fine here. https://scramble.nl/

[Nealius]

Must have been bad timing when I clicked on it. So Preschen was the only base with German Fulcrums? Sucks that we don't have that airbase on the Germany map.

[Volator]

Correct, JG-3 with two squadrons MiG-29 and one squadron MiG-21 (MF if memory serves right) Preschen was promised by Ugra for phase 3.

[Nealius]

I saw Wittstock was a major Fulcrum base for the Soviets, but currently it won't let us park any 29s in the shelters. Or on the ramp.

[Bremspropeller]

6 hours ago, Volator said:

Correct, JG-3 with two squadrons MiG-29 and one squadron MiG-21 (MF if memory serves right) Preschen was promised by Ugra for phase 3.

JG-3 (one sqn 21MF, two sqns 29A) and supposedly JG-2* (at reunification 2sqns 21M and one sqn 21SPS/K) were to be the two complete MiG-29 wings in LSK.
JG-9 had the 23MF and ML and JG-7 (21Ms) had been disbanded by September '89. That left JG-1 (Holzdorf, 21MF and 21SPS/K) and JG-8 (Marxwalde, 21bis both subtypes) with 21s for the forseeable future.

The 21SPS/K is a PFM with the gun-pod preparation.
 

First flight at LSK was on 3 May 1988. Induction into DHS (~ QRA) at Preschen was in 1 December 1988.

In terms of missing MiG-29 bases in GDR we have Falkenberg and Altenburg for GSSD and Preschen for LSK.

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* couldn't find anything about that in JG-2's "Geschwaderchronik" though, just here:
https://home.snafu.de/veith/jg2.htm
Perspektivisch war durch die NVA eine Ausrüstung des JG-2 mit MiG-29 vorgesehen.