Kanatove ( uk, Канатове) is a 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
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, Кропивницький, Kropyvnytskyi ) is a city in central Ukraine on the Inhul river with a population of . It is an administrative center of the Kirovohrad Oblast.
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name ...
,
Kirovohrad Oblast
Kirovohrad Oblast ( uk, Кіровоградська область, translit=Kirovohradska oblast; also referred to as #Nomenclature, Kirovohradschyna — uk, Кіровоградщина) is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (prov ...
, Ukraine.
History
The base was previously used by the
Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The 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
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As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...
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
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Ukrainian airbases
Kirovohrad Oblast