Migalovo
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| Tver Migalovo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: KLD – ICAO: UUEM | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military | ||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||
| Location | Tver | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 469 ft / 143 m | ||
| Coordinates | 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.825°N 35.76°ECoordinates: 56°49′30″N 035°45′36″E / 56.825°N 35.76°E | ||
| 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:
- 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) flying Il-76 and An-124 ibid.
- 2 TSNII (2nd Central Scientific Research and Test Institute of the Ministry of Defense) ibid.
- 274 APIB (274th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment) flying Su-17C. Disbanded 1993.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK". Brinkster.com. http://www8.brinkster.com/vad777/sssr-89-91/vvs/add.htm.
- ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
- ^ http://www.strizhi.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1174753071
