Kanatovo (air base)

Kanatove (Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.

History
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
 * 190th Fighter Aviation Regiment between 1960 and 1990 as part of the 138th Fighter Aviation Division.
 * 727th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment between July 1987 and January 1992 as part of the 32nd Bomber Aviation Division

2022 invasion
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. Three Ukrainian Su-27, bort numbers Blue 26, 46 and 48 were damaged.

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.