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 =

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| 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

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