Voznesensk ( uk, Вознесенськ) is an reserve air base of the
Ukrainian Air Force
The Ukrainian Air Force ( uk, Пові́тряні си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its headquarters are in the city of Vinnytsia. W ...
located near
Voznesensk
Voznesensk ( uk, Вознесенськ, ; russian: Вознесенск) is a city in Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of Ukraine and the administrative center of Voznesensk Raion (district). It hosts the administration of the Voznesensk urban hromada ...
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Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.
History
The 115th Guards Assault Aviation Division, the former 5th Guards, renamed by order of 10 January 1949, arrived at Voznesensk in May 1947 and was disbanded in August 1956.
In 1959 the 642nd Guards Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment arrived at the airfield from Podgorodnaya in
Odesa Oblast. In 1988 the regiment became a Fighter Aviation Regiment equipped with the
Mikoyan MiG-29 "Fulcrum."
By the time of the
Fall of the Soviet Union the regiment was part of the
5th Air Army
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. In 1992 the personnel of the 642nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment took the Oath of Allegiance to the People of Ukraine.
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Ukrainian airbases
Mykolaiv Oblast