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Suislepa Airfield (also given as Tõrva, Torva and Torva North) is a former air base in
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located in the village of
Suislepa Suislepa is a village in Viljandi Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia. Until the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian municipalities the village was located in Tarvastu Parish.The population as of 2014 was 305 people. It is 42 km (26 miles) so ...
, north of
Tõrva Tõrva () is a town () in Tõrva Parish, Valga County, southern Estonia. It is located on the banks of the Õhne River. Tõrva has an area of and a population of 2,800 (as of 1 January 2009), making it the second largest of the three towns in ...
. It was possibly an abandoned front-line or maritime bomber base that was mainly used in the 1960s. Some remains of runways and taxiways can be seen on
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RussianAirFields.com
Defunct airports in Estonia Viljandi Parish Buildings and structures in Viljandi County {{Europe-airport-stub