A Soviet Anti-Air Defense ( PVO ) airfield , Burevestnik ( English : storm-petrel ) , is located on the island and was until 1993 home for a number of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighter jets . In 1968 , Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was intercepted over the Kurils and forced to land at Burevestnik with 214 American troops bound for Vietnam . An older airfield , Vetrovoe , exists on the eastern part of the island and may have been used primarily by Japanese forces during World War II
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A
Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A
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