Kanatove (air base)

Kanatove (Ukrainian: Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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Kanatove

Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine

Kanatove

Shown within Kirovohrad Oblast

Kanatove

Kanatove (Ukraine)

Coordinates

48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E

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

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 Kanatove 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

Kanatove (Ukrainian: Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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Quick Facts Coordinates, Site information ...

Kanatove

Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine

Kanatove

Shown within Kirovohrad Oblast

Kanatove

Kanatove (Ukraine)

Coordinates

48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E

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 (air base)

History

2022 invasion

References

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Kanatove (air base)

History

2022 invasion

References

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