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17th Air Army
The 17th Air Army () was an Air army of the Red Air Force and Soviet Air Forces from 1942. World War II It was formed in October (Bonn et al.: November) 1942 on the basis of the Air Forces of the Southwestern Front. Bonn et al. say that it included a mixed air corps, two fighter, one ground-attack, one bomber, and one night bomber division. It immediately took part in the Battle of Stalingrad. On 19 November 1942 during the battle of Stalingrad it was under the command of General Major Stepan Krasovsky. On 1 April 1943, as part of the Southwestern Front, it comprised the *3rd Mixed Aviation Corps (207th Fighter Aviation Division, 290th Assault Aviation Division), *7th Mixed Aviation Corps (202nd Bomber Aviation Division, 235th Fighter Aviation Division), *9th Mixed Aviation Corps (305th, 306th Assault Aviation Division, 295th Fighter Aviation Division), *244th Bombardment Aviation Division, *262nd Night Bomber Aviation Division, *39th, 132nd Bomber Aviation Regiments, *2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armed Forces Of Ukraine
, imports = , exports = , history = , ranks = Military ranks of Ukraine , country=Ukraine The Armed Forces of Ukraine ( uk, Збро́йні си́ли Украї́ни), most commonly known in Ukraine as ZSU ( uk, ЗСУ) or anglicized as AFU, are the military forces of Ukraine. All military and security forces, including the Armed Forces, are under the command of the president of Ukraine and subject to oversight by a permanent Verkhovna Rada parliamentary commission. The modern armed forces were formed in 1991 and consisted of three former Soviet Armed Forces military districts stationed in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine's armed forces are composed of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, the Ukrainian Air Force, the Ukrainian Navy, the Ukrainian Air Assault Forces and the Special Operations Forces. Ukraine's navy includes its own Ukrainian Naval Infantry, as well as Ukrainian Naval Aviation. The Territorial Defen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honcharivske
Honcharivske () is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. 1st Armored Brigade and 12th Tank Battalion is stationed in the settlement. It hosts the administration of Honcharivske settlement hromada Honcharivske () is an urban-type settlement in Chernihiv Raion of Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine. 1st Armored Brigade and 12th Tank Battalion is stationed in the settlement. It hosts the administration of Honcharivske settlement hromada, one of the ..., one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: gallery File:Гончарівське PC220085 r Знак містечка.JPG, Sign of town File:Гончарівське, Чернігівський район. Вулиця.JPG, Street at night File:Гончарівське, Чернігівський район. Будинок офіцерів..JPG, House of officers File:Гончарівське, Чернігівський район. Житловий будинок.JPG, Just house File:Гонча ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tupolev Tu-141
The Tupolev Tu-141 Strizh ("Swift"; russian: Туполев Ту-141 Стриж) is a Soviet reconnaissance drone that served with the Soviet Army during the late 1970s and 1980s, as well as the Ukrainian Armed Forces since 2014. Development The Tu-141 was a follow-on to the Tupolev Tu-123 and is a relatively large, medium-range reconnaissance drone. It is designed to undertake reconnaissance missions within a radius, flying at transsonic speeds. It can carry a range of payloads, including film cameras, infrared imagers, EO imagers, and imaging radar.. As with previous Tupolev designs, it has a dart-like rear-mounted delta wing, forward-mounted canards, and a KR-17A turbojet engine mounted above the tail. It is launched from a trailer using a solid-propellant booster and lands with the aid of a tail-mounted parachute. Operation and incidents The Tu-141 was in Soviet service from 1979 to 1989, mostly on the western borders of the Soviet Union. It was pressed back in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharkiv
Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Kharkiv "never had eastern-western conflicts" ''Euronews'' (23 October 2014) Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic Sloboda Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna region. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and of the surrounding Kharkiv Raion. The latest population is Kharkiv was founded in 1654 as Kharkiv fortress, and after these humble beginnings, it grew to be a major centre of industry, trade and Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. At the beginning of the 20th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Guard Of Ukraine
The National Guard of Ukraine (NGU; uk, Націона́льна гва́рдія Украї́ни, Natsionalna hvardiia Ukrainy, , ) is the Ukrainian national gendarmerie and Internal Troops, internal military force. It is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ukraine), Ministry of Internal Affairs, responsible for public security. Originally created as an agency under the direct control of the Verkhovna Rada on 4 November 1991, following Ukrainian independence. It was later disbanded and merged into the Internal Troops of Ukraine on 11 January 2000 by then-President Leonid Kuchma as part of a "cost-saving" scheme. Following the early Revolution of Dignity, 2014 Ukrainian revolution on 13 March 2014, amidst the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine, Russian intervention, the National Guard was reestablished, and the Internal Troops were disbanded. The objective of the National Guard is to serve as a military unit with law enforcement powers. Its mission is to ensure state se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandriia
Oleksandriia () is a city located in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Administratively, Oleksandriia serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion (district). Oleksandriia also hosts the administration of Oleksandriia urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. In 2001, it had a population of 93,357, and including the villages (selo) and urban type settlements in the city municipality a population of 103,856. It had a population of . History The city is first mentioned in 1746, as the settlement ''Usivka'' ().Oleksandriia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blyzniuky
Blyzniuky ( uk, Близнюки, russian: Близнюки) is an urban-type settlement in Lozova Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Blyzniuky settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: The settlement is located in the south of the oblast, south of Kharkiv. History It was a village in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. A local newspaper is published here since August 1929. During World War II it was under German occupation from October 1941 to September 1943. Urban-type settlement since 1957.Близнюки // Большая Советская Энциклопедия. / под ред. А. М. Прохорова. 3-е изд. том 3. М., «Советская энциклопедия», 1970. стр.421 In January 1989 the population was 5840 people. In January 2013 the population was 3909 people. Until 18 July 2020, Blyzniuky was the administrative center of Blyzniuky Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanatovo (air Base)
Kanatove ( uk, 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 * 190th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 1990 as part of the 138th Fighter Aviation Division. * 727th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between July 1987 and January 1992 as part of the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division 2022 invasion On 5 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ..., the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo airfield. References {{Reflist Ukrainian airba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mil Mi-8
The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition to its most common role as a transport helicopter, the Mi-8 is also used as an airborne command post, armed gunship, and reconnaissance platform. Along with the related, more powerful Mil Mi-17, the Mi-8 is among the world's most-produced helicopters, used by over 50 countries. As of 2015, when combined the two helicopters are the third most common operational military aircraft in the world. Design and development Mikhail Mil originally approached the Soviet government with a proposal to design an all-new two-engined turbine helicopter in 1959 after the success of the Mil Mi-4 and the emergence and effectiveness of turbines used in the Mil Mi-6. After design and development, the Mi-8 was subsequently introduced into the Soviet Air For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mil Mi-6
The Mil Mi-6 (NATO reporting name Hook), given the article number ''izdeliye 50'' and company designation V-6, is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter that was designed by the Mil design bureau. It was built in large numbers for both military and civil roles and used to be the largest helicopter in production until Mil Mi-26 was put in production in 1980. Design and development The Mi-6 resulted from a joint civil-military requirement for a very large vertical-lift aircraft, which could be used to add mobility in military operations as well as assist in the exploration and development of the expansive central and eastern regions of the USSR. Flown for the first time on 5 June 1957, the Mi-6 was the first Soviet turboshaft-powered production helicopter. The R-7 gearbox and rotor head developed for the project have a combined weight of 3200 kg, which is greater than the two turboshaft engines. Variable-incidence winglets were first mounted on the craft's sides in 1960 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boryspil International Airport
Boryspil International Airport ( uk, Міжнародний аеропорт «Бориспіль») is an international airport in Boryspil, east of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is Ukraine's largest airport, serving 65% of its passenger air traffic, including all its intercontinental flights and a majority of international flights. It is one of two passenger airports that serve Kyiv along with the smaller Zhuliany Airport. Boryspil International Airport was a member of Airports Council International. History Early years On 22 June 1959, the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR ordered the establishment of regular civil air traffic to the then military airfield near Boryspil. On 7 July 1959, the new airport (named Kyiv-Tsentralnyi) received its first scheduled flight. It was Aeroflot's Tupolev Tu-104 en route from Moscow, carrying 100 passengers and about of cargo. The first routes served were Moscow–Kyiv-Moscow and Leningrad–Kyiv–Leningrad. In November 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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