Kulbakine Air Base

Kulbakine (ICAO: UKOR) is an air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Kulbakine/Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast in Ukraine
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Ukrainian Air Force
Controlled by	Air Command South
Location
Kulbakine Shown within Mykolaiv Oblast Show map of Mykolaiv Oblast Kulbakine Kulbakine (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates	46°56′31″N 032°05′49″E
Site history
In use	Unknown - present
Battles/wars	2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: UKOR
Elevation	266 metres (873 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 05/23 3,221 metres (10,568 ft) Concrete

The base is home to the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade, which flies Sukhoi Su-25, Aero L-39C &M Albatros aircraft.^[1]

Kulbakine's runway and fuel and ammunition depots were bombarded by Russian jets at approximately 05:00 on 24 February 2022, as part of the initial Russian strikes on Ukrainian military bases in the early hours of the invasion.^[2][3] The bombing caused a large fire.^[3][4]

On 4 March 2022, Russian forces entered the airbase, but by 17:30, Ukrainian forces had recaptured it, according to Vitalii Kim, governor of Mykolaiv Oblast.^[5]