Ukraine Air Force Bases
Ukraine has numerous derelict Soviet-era military airfields, with fields of sunflowers in blossom on one side of the runway, and MiGs napping peacefully in the bright sunshine on the other side.
| Belbek | UKFB | ?? x MiG-29 ?? x L-39 | Sevastopol, 204 vinisuval'na Brigade. As of March 2014 Belbek Airport hosted 45 MiG-29 fighter jets and 4 L-39 training jets. However, only four fighters and one training aircraft were currently operational. |
| Vinnitsa Havryshivka/ Gavrišìvka | UKWW | ?? x An-26 ?? x An-24 ?? x MI-8 ?? x MI-9 | Vinnytsia Oblast 456th Transport Aviation BDE |
| Kharkiv North | Aircraft Factory | ||
| Kolomyia / Kolomyja | 32 x MiG-29 | 114th Tactical Aviation BDE 48 OGRAP to 2004 Sous-MR transferred in Starokonstantinov. alternate aerodrome | |
| Kulbakino |
7 x Il-76 3 x Tu-95 10 x Su-24 25 x Su-25 ? x L-39 | orbat as of 2013 299 Assault Brigade, Nicholas specialized center of combat training air forces of Ukraine. | |
| Melitopol | 42 x Il-76, Il-78 | zaporozhje region, 25 transport avìabrigada | |
| Myrhorod / Mirgorod | UKBM | 29 x MiG-29 ?? x Su-27 | Poltava region, 831 Brigade tactical Aviation 6 x MiG-29 operational as of 2011 |
| Starokostiantyniv / Starokonstantinov |
28 x Su-24M 12 x Su-24MR | 7th Tactical Aviation BDE Khmelnytsky Oblast. | |
| Vasylkiv Vasilkov | UKKV | 16 x MiG-29 ?? x L-39 | 40th Tactical Aviation BDE of Kyiv Oblast |
| Zaporizhia |
29 x Il 76 6 x MiG-25 9 x Su-7 2 x An-24 | orbat as of 2013 |
Kyiv had agreed to withdraw all military forces from Crimea, but Russia apparently preferred to take action. Russian soldiers without insignia broke into Belbek airbase 22 March 2014 facing no apparent resistance from Ukrainian troops, many of whom turned their backs on the Russian forces and sang the Ukrainian national anthem as events unfolded. For days, Ukrainian soldiers at Belbek had refused to abandon their posts, saying they had received no orders from the interim government in Kyiv. Ukrainian defense officials said at least one Ukrainian soldier was wounded in the siege.
Belbek was the last major military holdout against the Russian takeover of Crimea, as most Ukrainian defenses across the peninsula had already been overrun, with many troops vacating their posts or joining up with Russian forces. The siege followed an ultimatum issued by Russian forces earlier in the day that called for Ukrainian troops at the base to surrender. Belbek also shares facilities with the international airport in Sevastopol, where Russia has a large naval base.
Former Ukraine Air Force Bases
| Artsyz | UKHA | Odessa oblast. Base is disbanded. Airfield uses place 1st flying club. | ||
| Bagerove | UKFR | Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the host does not exist. | ||
| Berdichev | UKBR | Zhytomyr region, disbanded. | ||
| Berdyansk | disbanded | |||
| Bila Tserkva | UKBC | Kyiv Oblast, spare. | ||
| Blyzniuký | Kharkov region, host does not exist. | |||
| Bolhrad | Odessa oblast, disbanded. | |||
| Borispol | An-30 MI-8, An-26, Tu-134. | 15 transport Brigade | ||
| Brody | UKLB | MI-24, MI-8 | Lviv region, army aircraft | |
| Buâlik | UKOB | Odessa oblast, disbanded. | ||
| Cervonoglìnskaâ | base is disbanded. | |||
| Chernihiv | l-39 | training base, was 701 aviation training Regiment, aircraft . | ||
| Chernivtsi | An-30 | 86 ODRAE 1996 disbanded, aircraft transferred to Boryspil. | ||
| Chertkov | Su-25 | disbanded. converted into Kul'bakìno. | ||
| Chorodok | disbanded. | |||
| Chuguev | L-39, an-26, an-26, MI-8 | Kharkiv oblast, 203 educational avìabrigada | ||
| Cornobaïvka | MI-24, MI-8 | Kherson region | ||
| Dniprovske | SU-24, Su-MR | Aviation of the RUSSIAN | ||
| Dobrânka | Chernihiv oblast | |||
| Donuzlav | The Navy in Sakì, alternate. | |||
| Dubno Base | today the aerodrome is not to establish, dismantled | |||
| Dzhankoy | Crimea, society for promotion of the armed forces of Ukraine-52. | |||
| Henichesk | Kherson region, disbanded. | |||
| Horodnia | l-39 | training base, aircraft | ||
| Ivangorod | Cherkasy oblast, Uman | |||
| Ivano-Frankivsk | MiG-29 | 114 vinisuval'na Brigade | ||
| Kacha | be-12, an-12, Tu-134, Ka-27, Ka-29 | Navy | ||
| Kalinov | MI-8, MI-24 | Lviv oblast | ||
| Kalynivka | vinnytska oblast | |||
| Kajdaki | Dnepropetrovsk | |||
| Kanatovo | base is disbanded. | |||
| Kirovskoye | base was flight test center of the Air force of Ukraine. | |||
| Konotop | plant | |||
| Korosten | disbanded. | |||
| Kramatorsk | 636 ÌAP disbanded in 1996. Su-15 TM from the regiment were written off for scrap. uses a flying club. | |||
| Krivoy Rog | Dnepropetrovsk region, disbanded. | |||
| Kupyansk | today does not exist. Dismantled. | |||
| Lebedyn | Sumy region, disbanded. | |||
| Levkìvka | Kharkov oblast | |||
| Liubsha | the Lviv region, disbanded. | |||
| Lugansk | ||||
| Lutsk | Volyn ' region, disbanded, the aerodrome spare, plant. | |||
| Lymanske | Odesa region — disbanded, remaining plant. | |||
| Mariupol | Donetsk region | |||
| Mukachevo | base is not there, the host | |||
| Nizhyn | An-32, MI-8 | MES of Ukraine. | ||
| Ochakov | ||||
| Okhtyrka | UKOA | L-39 to 1999 | Today the aerodrome is not there dismantled. | |
| Ovruch | Su-24 | Zhitomir region, base is disbanded. | ||
| Ozerne | MiG-29, Su-27. | based on mixed IB, - airbase closed | ||
| Palmyra | Cherkasy oblast disbanded | |||
| Poltava | base is disbanded, alternate aerodrome. Museum of aviation. | |||
| Popilnia | Zhitomir region, disbanded. | |||
| Pryluky | Tu-160, Tu-22 m3 | Chernihiv region, disbanded. | ||
| Pustohorod | Sumy oblast, disbanded. | |||
| Rauhìvka | MI-24, MI-8 | — Odessa oblast. disbanded in 1999. 287-separate helicopter Regiment | ||
| Saki | be-12, an-26, an-2, Ka-27, MI-14, MI-8 | Crimea, 10 Naval Aviation Brigade,. | ||
| Shypyntsi | 5 MI-8 | 96th separate mixed aviation eskadrilìâ , Chernivtsi oblast. disbanded | ||
| Stryy Base | Tu-22 M, Tu-16, MIG-23 | aerodrome does not exist, dismantled. Lviv region. | ||
| Tokmak | zaporozhje region, is disbanded. | |||
| Uman | 202 base. academic, Disbanded in 2002. | |||
| Uzin | base is disbanded. | |||
| Vapnyarka | UKWV | Vinnytsia Oblast, the host does not exist. | ||
| Velyka Krucha | Poltava oblast, disbanded. | |||
| Vesele | Crimea, disbanded, alternate. | |||
| Voznesensk | UKOW | disbanded, alternate. | ||
| Zhovtneve | Volyn region, disbanded, the aerodrome pulled does not exist. | |||
| Zhovtneve | Tu-22 m3 | — 943 MRAP 2 I Mrad , disbanded, Crimea. | ||
| Zhulyany | an airport. |
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