Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation

The Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation (Museum of Heavy Bomber Aviation) – the museum of Long-Range Aviation equipment located in the city of Poltava on the territory of the former air base "Poltava-4". Established on September 1, 2016 in accordance with the Order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine No. 192 dated 11.04.2016 at the registered address: 1 Oleksandr Zasiadko Str., Poltava.

Until 2004, the 13th Guards Dnepropetrovsk-Budapest Order of Suvorov had a heavy bomber aviation division based at the air base. It consisted of 18 Tu-22M3 and 6 Tu-16.

According to the Ukrainian-American Agreement on the Elimination of Strategic Nuclear Weapons, in February 2006, at the Poltava military airfield, the last Tu-22M3 bomber Ukrainian Air Force was cut. For the museum exhibition two bombers were saved, and a few were brought from other locations.

In 2007, a museum was created on the territory of the former airbase thanks to the enthusiasm of former military pilots.

As of January 2014, and the exposition of the aviation museum includes nine aircraft, aircraft cruise missiles (KSR-2, KSR-5, Kh-22) and aerial bombs weighing from 100 to 9000 kg.

Interesting facts



 * In 1994, 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 50th anniversary of the "Poltava-4" airbase took place in the territory of Operation Frantic – a joint Soviet-American military operation with shuttle flights of American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers to bomb Nazi Germany and its satellite states. During the celebration, the following US Air Force aircraft were presented: ll Douglas KC-10A Extender, Boeing B-52H Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer.
 * The museum and airbase were one of the sites of the book Georgy Savitsky "Field of battle – Ukraine. Broken Trident "(2009).