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[benargee]

Hey so i was just looking on Google maps in Georgia and noticed how accurately the airfields are compared to in game, it even looks like some have been re-purposed, battle damaged or upgraded, i have made a complete marked list of all available in game airfields. i hope you'll find this as interesting as i found it!

 

DCS World IRL Georgian Theater Airstrips

 

Icons are as follows according to DCS World

 

Green markers: Military Aerodrome

Blue markers: Civil Aerodrome (Military Joint User)

Blue Airplane: Civil Aerodrome

Red Warning: Airfield closed

 

Satellite View recommended

 

Enjoy!

 

feel free to offer any corrections

[Tango]

If you compare the actual terrain to DCS, it is also very close. The towns etc.. are where they are IRL, including the roads, railways and rivers.

 

Best regards,

Tango.

Edited April 14, 2013 by Tango

[hypersonik]

SWEET ; THX FOR SHARING

[Dr_Arrow]

Very nice, recently I have found that south-east of Rayevskaya is a big shooting range (it is northwest of Novorossiysk). Now I use that area for training missions.

[seikdel]

Wow, Krymsk is in rough shape! Is that from the 2012 flood?

[GripenNG]

Zoomed in at Lochini in Google Earth (pic date 28/12-2012), and by first glance it looks like one A-10 parked there! Though I don´t belive it really is one, but it would have been cool to see some Warthogs in Georgia!

[ThePackrat]

Very nice, recently I have found that south-east of Rayevskaya is a big shooting range (it is northwest of Novorossiysk). Now I use that area for training missions.

 

Coords?

[benargee]

Very nice, recently I have found that south-east of Rayevskaya is a big shooting range (it is northwest of Novorossiysk). Now I use that area for training missions.

 

yes coords please couldn't find it in game or on google

[IvanK]

Zoomed in at Lochini in Google Earth (pic date 28/12-2012), and by first glance it looks like one A-10 parked there! Though I don´t belive it really is one, but it would have been cool to see some Warthogs in Georgia!

 

 

I think its a Citation

[Dr_Arrow]

yes coords please couldn't find it in game or on google

 

sorry, I haven't noticed the quote. The coords are:

44°48'18"N 37°35'41"E

 

However, it is a whole training complex with many different shooting ranges, you can view it here:

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=44.810705&lon=37.591181&z=14&m=b

 

It would be nice if someone could model the real shooting range there (something like KOTAR in BMS).

[Dr_Arrow]

And you can find even S-300 battery position at 44°55'20"N 37°25'15"E

Old S-200 battery position at 44°56'8"N 37°31'37"E

 

Another shooting range is directly in the perimeter of Mozdok Airbase:

http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=43.780235&lon=44.596939&z=15&m=b

Edited April 19, 2013 by Dr_Arrow

[NineLine]

Novorossiysk is a parking lot!! :)

[Hawk_5]

Gudauta isn't much better.

Still in military use but looks like its been a very long time since anything aviation related has been there. Note not a trace of rubber on the strip and overgrown taxiways to aircraft bunkers that aren't in use. Lots of trucks parked there though and storage. Maybe a supply or engineering unit occupies it now?

[Exorcet]

Nice info, goes well with this thread:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89607