Kanatovo (air base)

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Kanatovo
Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine
Kanatovo Shown within Kirovohrad Oblast Show map of Ukraine Kirovohrad Oblast Kanatovo Kanatovo (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates	48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E / 48.56306°N 32.39028°E / 48.56306; 32.39028
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 (Ukrainian: Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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]

On 6 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo 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]