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.
Tver Migalovo  | |||||||||||
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 Antonov An-22 of the Russian Air Force in Tver | |||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
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  Migalovo Location of airport in Russia's Central Federal District | |||||||||||
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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
- "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
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