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Tartu Air Base is a former air base in
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located 4 km northeast of
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. It is a fairly extensive base with 24 large
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s and over 30 small ones. It was home to 132 TBAP (132nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment) which flew
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and
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aircraft . It was also a transport base with the 192 and/or 196 VTAP (Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying
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cargo jets until 1990 . These jets were relocated to
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.
By 1993 it was listed as a designated emergency airfield on a 1993
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chart for airline use although this is no longer possible as the runway has various used car lots preventing use by planes. On 16 January 2006 the winning works of the international architecture competition held to design the new
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building were revealed.