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Kramatorsk Airfield
Kramatorsk Airport, also known as Kramatorsk military airfield, is a military Military air base, airfield in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The airbase is 3.4 km East-southeast, SSE from the centre of Kramatorsk and at about 20 km south of Slovyansk. The airfield was captured by pro-Russian forces during the early phases of the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas in 2014. On 15 April 2014 the airfield was recaptured by the Ukrainian military. Different sources stated the death toll up to 11. On 10 June 2014 the Ukrainian military claimed that about 40 pro-Russian fighters were killed in a 3-hour battle. As a result of February 2015 Kramatorsk rocket attack, shelling, that was carried by pro-Russian forces on 10 February 2015 ten people were injured at the military base. The airfield was among the first military bases bombarded in the early hours of 24 February 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. See also * Battle of Kramatorsk References< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Air Base
An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a military base by a military force for the operation of military aircraft. Airbase facilities An airbase typically has some facilities similar to a Civil aviation, civilian airport; for example, air traffic control and Aircraft rescue and firefighting, firefighting. Some military aerodromes have passenger facilities; for example, RAF Brize Norton in England has a terminal used by passengers for the Royal Air Force's passenger transport flights. A number of military airbases may also have a civil enclave for commercial passenger flights, e.g. Beijing Nanyuan Airport (China), Chandigarh Airport (India), Ibaraki Airport (Japan), Burlington International Airport (USA), Sheikh Ul-Alam International Airport Srinagar (India), Taipei Songshan Airpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
