Kanatovo (air base)

Air base in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine
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48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E / 48.56306°N 32.39028°E / 48.56306; 32.39028Site informationOwnerMinistry of DefenceOperatorUkrainian Air ForceSite historyIn useUnknown - presentAirfield informationElevation266 metres (873 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
09/27 2,465 metres (8,087 ft) Concrete

Kanatove (Ukrainian: 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[1]
  • 190th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 1990 as part of the 138th Fighter Aviation Division.[2]
  • 727th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between July 1987 and January 1992 as part of the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division[3]

2022 invasion

On 6 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo airfield.[4] Three Ukrainian Su-27, bort numbers Blue 26, 46 and 48 were damaged.[5]

On 23 July, three Su-27s and one Su-24 were destroyed during a Russian missile strike on the Air Base, one official died and 17 other servicemen were injured.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ "88th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "190th Fighter Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  3. ^ "727th Guards Cherkasskiy order of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Russia killed over 600 Ukrainian fighters in artillery strikes - defence ministry". Reuters. 2022-05-05. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  5. ^ "Ухвала від 21.04.2022 № 296/1885/22 Корольовський районний суд м Житомира". Ukrainian Court Korolovsky District (in Ukrainian).
  6. ^ "ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308995". aviation-safety.net. 24 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Bizarre Plot To Steal Russian Jets Ends In Ukrainians Charged With Treason". The Drive The War Zone. 20 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Розкрито причини втрати Су-27 та Су-24 на аеродромі "Канатове"". mil.in.ua. 21 April 2024.