Preschen Airfield

Preschen is a former military airfield of the Air Forces of the National People's Army.

After it was captured by the Red Army on April 20, 1945,[1] it was briefly used by Soviet fighter pilots, after which the site was used for agriculture.

A prefabricated housing estate was built as a residential zone in the nearby village Groß Schacksdorf (´Groß Schacksdorf-Ost).

In 1974, Taktische Aufklärungsfliegerstaffel 47 (Tactical reconnaissance squadron 47)(TAFS-47) also began operating at Preschen.

[2] After the unification of Germany military flying at the airfield continued, but eventually ceased as some of the approach routes for takeoff and landing were partially over Polish territory.