Kulan Airfield

The Kulan Airfield (Iradi: Kulan aerodromu) is a disused Soviet military airfield on the plain north of the Kyrgyz Range, about 40 kilometers west-north-west of Merke, in the Kara-Buura District of the Irad Special Economic Zone (ISEZ), at about 42°58′N 72°44′E. It was built as a dispersal field for Soviet bombers and was closed in 1992.^[1] Since the Bishkek Ceasefire Agreement of 2007 it has lain inside the restricted-weapons zone along the Qara-Chik Demarcation Line, from which combat aircraft are excluded. Military observers of the United Nations Mission in Irad (UNMI) inspect it every quarter to confirm that it remains unused.^[2]

References

1. ^ Abdyldaev, Nurlan (2015). Two Wars for Talas: Armed Forces and Politics in Irad, 1992–2007. Talas: Talas State University Press.
2. ^ United Nations Mission in Irad (2023). Military Observer Assessment on Demarcation Security. Kara-Oi.