Migalovo

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Tver Migalovo
IATA: - ICAO: UUEM
Summary
Airport type military
Operator Russian Air Force
Serves Tver
Elevation AMSL 469 ft (143 m)
Coordinates 56°49′30″N, 035°45′36″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
07/25 8202 2500 Concrete

Migalovo (also given as Tver Migalovo, Kalinin, and Mikhailovo) (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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ 37 Vozdushnaya Armiya VGK. Brinkster.com.
  2. ^ Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.