Kherson International Airport ( Ukrainian : Міжнародний аеропорт Херсон , romanized : Mizhnarodnyi aeroport Kherson ; IATA : KHE , ICAO : UKOH ) is a civil and military airport serving the city of Kherson , Ukraine. It is located at Chornobaivka , in Kherson Oblast , on the northwest outskirts of the city of Kherson.
7-647: As of 24 February 2022, all passenger flights at Kherson have been suspended indefinitely. The following airlines previously operated regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport. The base, also known as the Chornobaivka airfield, was home to the 11th Separate Army Aviation Regiment of the Ukrainian Army Aviation . It was one of the Ukrainian air bases attacked early in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The Russian forces took over
14-488: A graveyard of Russian weapons, vehicles and personnel". Ukrainian Army Aviation The Ukrainian Army Aviation Ukrainian : Армійська авіація України ) is a military aviation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces . The first formations of army aviation in the revived Ukrainian were formed in 1992 when the former Soviet 119th Regiment joined the Ukrainian military. During the first four months of
21-636: The War in Donbas , Ukraine suffered considerable losses, including four Mi-24 gunships and two Mi-8 helicopter transports. Due the widespread availability of surface-to-air missiles amongst the separatist militias , the UAA was forced to restrict the use of its assets. In 2014 the 16th Brigade participated in the liberation of Slovyansk . Structure: The UAA operates overhauled Soviet-era Mi-2, Mi-8, and Mi-24 helicopters. Some of them were locally modernized as
28-824: The Mi-2MSB, Mi-8MSB-V, and Mi-24PU-1. In January 2022, Key.Aero estimated that the UAA had a total of 15 Mi-2s, 60 Mi-8s, and 60 Mi-24s. Some of these were non-operational at the time, while eight Mi-8s were deployed in Congo to support the United Nations MONUSCO mission. Since then, these helicopters were recalled, while allied nations such as the United States and the Czech Republic donated helicopters to help Ukraine replenish its losses in combat. In December 2023, FlightGlobal estimated that
35-643: The UAA had a total of 103 helicopters in active service, while in February 2024, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated a total of 60 helicopters in service. The 12th Separate Army Aviation Brigade operated 4 Mi-26 heavy transport helicopters, they were withdrawn from service and placed in storage around the 2000s. The UAA also had a number of Mi-9 flying command posts (though they were used for training or transport instead). As of 2024, none remain in service according to
42-547: The Ukrainian media cited satellite imagery showing that most of the Russian military aircraft had been removed from the airfield, but the troops remained on the ground. Ukrainian attacks against Russian forces extended up to 5 November, and on 11 November, Chornobaivka and the airport were liberated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russian forces left in the area what has been described as "a huge minefield and
49-526: The airbase in the course of the battle of Kherson on 2 March 2022, and set up a command post there, which was targeted by the Ukrainian military several times since then. On 16 March, Ukraine launched an airstrike against Russian forces at the airbase, destroying at least seven helicopters and a number of vehicles. Ukrainian officials claimed the attacks killed two high-ranking Russian commanders, generals Andrey Mordvichev and Yakov Rezantsev . On 23 March,
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