Sedes Air Base
{{Infobox airport
| name = Sedes Airport
| nativename =
| nativename-a = Αεροδρόμιο Σέδες
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| image =
| image-width = 225
| caption = Sedes Runway
| IATA =
| ICAO = LGSD
| type = Military
| owner = Hellenic Air Force
| operator =
| city-served = image:Flag of Thessaloniki, Greece.svg Thessaloniki
| location = image:Flag of Greek Macedonia.svg Macedonia, Greece
| elevation-f = 81
| elevation-m = 27
| coordinates = {{Coord|40|32|01.83|N|23|01|26.83|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.haf.gr/el/structure/units/day/units/sedes.asp (Website)]
| metric-elev =
| metric-rwy =
| r1-number = 13/31
| r1-length-f = 4,126
| r1-length-m = 1,257
| r1-surface = PSP metal mesh
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Sedes Airport is a military airport 15 km east of Thessaloniki, Greece, and 3 km northeast of Thessaloniki's Macedonia International Airport. Sedes airport started operating during the Balkan Wars{{Cite web |url=http://www.haf.gr/el/structure/units/day/units/sedes.asp |script-title=el:Η Ιστορία του Αεροδρομίου Σέδες και της 113 ΠΜ|access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-date=2007-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070426133040/http://www.haf.gr/el/structure/units/day/units/sedes.asp |url-status=live }} and has since been exclusively used by the Hellenic Air Force. Nowadays it also houses an aviation museum, displaying a variety of old aircraft types.
Sedes is home to the Air Force's 350th Guided Missile Wing and hosts
- Guided Missile Maintenance Squadron
- Guided Missile Training Squadron
- 23rd Guided Missile Squadron - operating MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 batteries
References
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Category:Transport infrastructure in Central Macedonia
Category:Hellenic Air Force bases
Category:Buildings and structures in Thessaloniki (regional unit)
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