Migalovo (air base)
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.
Migalovo/Tver | |||||||
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Мигалово/Тверь | |||||||
| Tver, Tver Oblast in Russia | |||||||
 Antonov An-22 of the Russian Air Force in Tver | |||||||
  Migalovo Shown within Tver Oblast  Migalovo Migalovo (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Aerospace Forces | ||||||
| Controlled by | Military Transport Aviation | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| In use | - present | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: KLD, ICAO: UUEM | ||||||
| Elevation | 143 metres (469 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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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 g.)) as part of regiments[2]:
- 45th Heavy Bomber Regiment on Douglas A-20 Havoc, Tu-2, IL-28 and Tu-16 aircraft - since 1946 years to February 1975, relocated to the airfield Kustanay, 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];
- 173rd Heavy Bomber Regiment on Douglas A-20 Havoc, Tu-2, IL-28 and Tu-16 aircraft - disbanded together with the division at the airfield.[2];
- 244th Bomber Aviation Regiment Allenstein on aircraft Boston B-3, Tu-2, IL-28 and Tu-16 - in March 1965, it was relocated to the Krechevitsy Airport (near Novgorod), where it became the 244th military transport aviation regiment Allenstein[2]
In May 1991, from the 125th Aviation Division of Fighter-Bombers of the Western Group of Forces, the 730th Aviation Regiment of Fighter-Bombers was withdrawn to the airfield on Su-17M4. In June 1991, the regiment was disbanded at the airfield[3]
- 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.[4]
- 196 VTAP (196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment) flying Il-76.[5]
- 224 LO VTA (224th Transport Aviation ~Detachment~) flying Il-76 and 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.
- M. Holm (2019-11-23). division/bad/56tbad.htm "56th Breslavlskaya Heavy Bomber Aviation Division". Luftvaffe. M. Holm. Archived from the original on 2019-11-23. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
{{cite web}}: Check|archiveurl=value (help) - .Michael Holm (2019-01-20). "730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2019-01-17.
- "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16.
- Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1174753071 and Holm