Kanatovo (air base)

Air base in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine

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Kanatovo

Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine

Kanatovo

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Kanatovo

Kanatovo (Ukraine)

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Coordinates| 48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E﻿ / ﻿48.56306°N 32.39028°E﻿ / 48.56306; 32.39028
Site information
Owner| Ministry of Defence
Operator| Ukrainian Air Force
Site history
In use| Unknown - present
Airfield information
Elevation| 266 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[edit]

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[edit]

On 5 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo airfield.[4]

## References[edit]

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.