Kanatovo | |||||||
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| Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E / 48.56306°N 32.39028°ECoordinates: 48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E / 48.56306°N 32.39028°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 266 metres (873 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Kanatove (Ukrainian: Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
History[]
The base was previously used by the Soviet Air Forces:
- 88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment between 1984 and 1987 as part of the 17th Air Army[1]
- 190th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 1990 as part of the 138th Fighter Aviation Division.[2]
- 727th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between July 1987 and January 1992 as part of the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division[3]
2022 invasion[]
On 5 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo airfield.[4]
References[]
- ↑ "88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/shap/88apib.htm.
- ↑ "190th Fighter Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/iap/190iap.htm.
- ↑ "727th Guards Cherkasskiy order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. https://www.ww2.dk/new/air%20force/regiment/bap/727gvbap.htm.
- ↑ "Russia killed over 600 Ukrainian fighters in artillery strikes - defence ministry" (in en). Reuters. 2022-05-05. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-killed-over-600-ukrainian-fighters-artillery-strikes-defence-ministry-2022-05-05/.
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