Kanatovo (air base)

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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 5 May, during the