<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-center">History of &Scaron;iauliai International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was one of the largest military airports in the former Soviet Union. In 1955 it was only one of six Soviet bases capable of handling the new Myasishchev M-4 bomber. The Tupolev Tu-126 was based here between the 1960s and 1970s. It was home to the 53 APIB (53rd Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-23 aircraft with the ML, MLD, and UB variants and the MiG-27. It was also home to the 18th Guards Military Transport Aviation Division, and the 196 VTAP (196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76 aircraft. It was a base of the 117 OAP (117th Independent Aviation Regiment) flying An-12PPS aircraft. The last Soviet troops based here left in 1993. In 2011, Lithuania's parliamentary foreign affairs committee voted in favor of renaming the airport after U.S. President Ronald Reagan. &Scaron;iauliai International Airport (also known as Zokniai Airport, Lithuanian language: Zoknių oro uostas ) (IATA: SQQ, ICAO: EYSA) is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southeast of the city of &Scaron;iauliai, in northern Lithuania. It covers an area of 471 hectares (1,160 acres).</p>
<p class="blog-para">&Scaron;iauliai International Airport is located in Lithuania (Siauliai) approx. 672 kilometers from Copenhagen Airport and has the airport code SQQ. &Scaron;iauliai International Airport, also known as Zokniai Airport located 7 kilometres southeast of the city of &Scaron;iauliai, in northern Lithuania. The airport was one of the largest military airports in the former Soviet Union.</p>
<p class="blog-para">&Scaron;iauliai International Airport (also known as Zokniai Airport, Lithuanian language: Zoknių oro uostas ) (IATA: SQQ, ICAO: EYSA) is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southeast of the city of &Scaron;iauliai, in northern Lithuania. It covers an area of 471 hectares (1,160 acres).</p>
<p class="blog-para">&Scaron;iauliai International Airport is located in Lithuania (Siauliai) approx. 672 kilometers from Copenhagen Airport and has the airport code SQQ. &Scaron;iauliai International Airport, also known as Zokniai Airport located 7 kilometres southeast of the city of &Scaron;iauliai, in northern Lithuania. The airport was one of the largest military airports in the former Soviet Union.</p>
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