Migalovo/Tver
Мигалово/Тверь
Tver,Tver Oblast in Russia
Satellite imagery of Migalovo air base
Antonov An-22 of the Russian Air Force inTver
Site information
Type	Air Base
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Aerospace Forces
Controlled by	Military Transport Aviation
Location
Migalovo Shown within Tver Oblast Show map of Tver Oblast Migalovo Migalovo (Russia) Show map of Russia
Coordinates	56°49′30″N35°45′36″E / 56.82500°N 35.76000°E /56.82500; 35.76000
Site history
In use	- present
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: KLD,ICAO: UUEM
Elevation	143 metres (469 ft)AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 07/25 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Asphalt concrete

Migalovo (also given asTver Migalovo,Kalinin) (IATA:KLD,ICAO:UUEM) is an air base inTver Oblast,Russia located 10 km west ofTver. It is a large military airlift base. It currently houses all of Russia's remainingAntonov An-22 fleet. It is anIlyushin Il-76 base, with someAntonov An-12 aircraft stored.

The base is home to theSecond Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (2 TSNII) and the8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment which is part of the12th Mginska Red Banner Military Transport Aircraft Division.^[1][2]

In the period from 1946 to February 1975, the56th Long-Range Fighter Aviation Division (56th Bomber Aviation Breslavl Division (since 1951), 56th Heavy Bomber Aviation Breslavl Division (since 1961) was based at the airfield. Its regiments included:^[3]

• 45th Heavy Bomber Regiment onDouglas A-20 Havoc,Tupolev Tu-2,Ilyushin Il-28 andTupolev Tu-16 (ASCC "Badger") aircraft - 1946 to February 1975. In February 1975 relocated to theKostanay airfield nearKostanay in the Kazakh SSR, where it was reorganized into the45th Training Aviation Regiment Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation Red Banner School of Navigators, now theChelyabinsk Red Banner Military Aviation Institute of Navigators;^[3]
• 173rd Heavy Bomber Regiment onDouglas A-20 Havoc,Tu-2,IL-28 andTu-16 aircraft - disbanded together with the division at the airfield;^[3]
• 244th Bomber Aviation Regiment "Allenstein" on aircraftBoston B-3,Tupolev Tu-2,Ilyushin Il-28 andTu-16. Fifteen crews of this regiment trained Egyptian Air Force personnel in Egypt and flew combat missions over Yemen 1962-63. In March 1965, it was relocated to theKrechevitsy Airport (near Novgorod), where it became the244th Military Transport Aviation Regiment.^[3]

In May 1991,730th Aviation Regiment of Fighter-Bombers from the125th Aviation Division of Fighter-Bombers of theWestern Group of Forces, was withdrawn fromNeuruppin inBrandenburg to Migalovo. It was flying theSukhoi Su-17M4 (ASCC "Fitter"). In June 1991, the regiment was disbanded at the airfield.^[4]

• Headquarters12th Military Transport Aviation Division (from 1946, under the title 12th Transport Aviation Division)
• 8th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (8 VTAP) flyingAn-12 andAn-22.^[5]
• 196th Military Transport Aviation Regiment (196 VTAP) flyingIl-76.^[1]
• 224th Transport Aviation ~Detachment (224 LO VTA) flyingIl-76 andAn-124.^[1]
• 274th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (274 APIB) flyingSu-17C. Arrived fromKubinka in December 1974. Disbanded 1993.^[6] Under9th Fighter Aviation Division.

• On 25 May 2025, Ukrainian drones struck the Russian Migalovo air base,Tver Oblast. Fire and smoke was reported by the locals, the local governor denied any damage occurred and claimed all drones were intercepted.^[7]

• List of military airbases in Russia

• Holm, Michael (2019-11-23)."56th Breslavlskaya Heavy Bomber Aviation Division".Soviet Armed Forces Organisation. Retrieved2019-11-23.
• Holm, Michael (2012-06-17)."730th Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment".Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Archived fromthe original on 2013-05-24. Retrieved2023-10-28.

• Soviet Military Transport Aviation
• Russian Air Force bases

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