Migalovo (air base)
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Migalovo (also given as Tver Migalovo, Kalinin) (IATA: KLD, ICAO: UUEM) is an air base in Tver Oblast, Russia located 10 km west of Tver. It is a large military airlift base. It currently houses all of Russia's remaining Antonov An-22 fleet. It is an Ilyushin Il-76 base, with some Antonov An-12 aircraft stored.
The base is home to the 2nd Central Scientific Research Institute and the 8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment which is part of the 12th Mginska Red Banner Military Transport Aircraft Division.[1]
History
In the period from 1946 to February 1975, the 56th Long-Range Fighter Aviation Division (56th Bomber Aviation Breslavl Division (since 1951), 56th Heavy Bomber Aviation Breslavl Division (since 1961) was based at the airfield. Its regiments included:[2]
- Kostanay airfield near Kostanay in the Kazakh SSR, where it was reorganized into the 45th Training Aviation Regiment Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation Red Banner School of Navigators, now the Chelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators;[2]
- Tu-16 aircraft - disbanded together with the division at the airfield;[2]
- Tu-16. Fifteen crews of this regiment trained Egyptian Air Force personnel in Egypt and flew combat missions over Yemen 1962-63. In March 1965, it was relocated to the Krechevitsy Airport (near Novgorod), where it became the 244th Military Transport Aviation Regiment.[2]
In May 1991,
- Headquarters 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (from 1946, under the title 12th Transport Aviation Division)
- 8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (8 VTAP) flying An-22.[4]
- 196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (196 VTAP) flying Il-76.[5]
- 224th Transport Aviation ~Detachment (224 LO VTA) flying An-124.[5]
- 2 TSNII (2nd Central Scientific Research and Test Institute of the Ministry of Defense).[5]
- 274th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (274 APIB) flying Su-17C. Arrived from Kubinka in December 1974. Disbanded 1993.[6] Under 9th Fighter Aviation Division.
References
- ^ "Russian Air Force - Tver/Migalovo (UUEM)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d Holm 2019.
- ^ Holm 2012.
- ^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
- ^ a b c Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1174753071 and Holm
- Holm, Michael (2019-11-23). "56th Breslavlskaya Heavy Bomber Aviation Division". Soviet Armed Forces Organisation. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- Holm, Michael (2012-06-17). "730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Archived from the original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2023-10-28.