Migalovo (air base)

Tver Migalovo
Antonov An-22 of the Russian Air Force in Tver
Summary
Airport type Military
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Russian Air Force
Location Tver
Elevation AMSL 469 ft / 143 m
Coordinates 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.82500°N 35.76000°E / 56.82500; 35.76000Coordinates: 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.82500°N 35.76000°E / 56.82500; 35.76000
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 8,202 2,500 Concrete

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.

Some of the units that made Migalovo home were:

  • Headquarters 12th Military Transport Aviation Division (from 1946, under the title 12th Transport Aviation Division)
  • 8 VTAP (8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying An-12 and An-22.[1]
  • 196 VTAP (196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76.[2]
  • 224 LO VTA (224th Transport Aviation ~Detachment~) flying Il-76 and An-124.[2]
  • 2 TSNII (2nd Central Scientific Research and Test Institute of the Ministry of Defense).[2]
  • 274th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (274 APIB) flying Su-17C. Arrived from Kubinka in December 1974. Disbanded 1993.[3] Under 9th Fighter Aviation Division.

References

  1. ↑ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
  2. 1 2 3 Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
  3. ↑ http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1174753071 and Holm
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