Melitopol | |||||||
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| Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
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| Coordinates | 46°52′36″N 035°18′27″E / 46.87667°N 35.3075°ECoordinates: 46°52′36″N 035°18′27″E / 46.87667°N 35.3075°E | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||
| Controlled by | Air Force Command | ||||||
| Condition | Damaged | ||||||
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| In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
| Fate | Captured by Russian forces | ||||||
| Battles/wars | 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: UKDM | ||||||
| Elevation | 266 metres (873 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Melitopol (ICAO: UKDM) is an air base belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force located near Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It has been occupied by Russia since March 2022.
The base was home to the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade flying Ilyushin Il-76M/MD, Ilyushin Il-78 and Antonov An-26 aircraft.[1]
The base was captured by Russian forces on 1 March 2022 during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. On 3 July it was hit by Ukrainian rocket strikes.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Ukraine Air Force". Scramble.nl. https://scramble.nl/planning/orbats/ukraine/ukraine-air-force#UKDM487.
- ↑ "Ukraine hits Russian military base in occupied Melitopol, exiled mayor says". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-hits-russian-base-occupied-melitopol-exiled-mayor-says-2022-07-03.
The original article can be found at Melitopol Air Base and the edit history here.