The Museum of Heavy Bomber Aviation ( Ukrainian Museum of the Important Bombardment Aviation ) is a museum of aviation equipment located in the city of Poltava on the territory of the former Poltava-4 air base [1] .
| Museum of Heavy Bomber Aviation - a branch of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine | |
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| Ukrainian Museum of Important Bombardial Aviation - Filia of the National History Museum of Ukraine | |
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| Established | 2007 year |
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| Address | Ukraine , Poltava , air towns, st. Zasyadko, 1 |
| Director | Deynega Victor Grigorievich |
| Website | mvba.com.ua |
Until 2004, the 13th Guards Dnepropetrovsk-Budapest Order of the Suvorov Heavy Bomber Aviation Division was based at the air base. It included 18 Tu-22M3 and 6 Tu-16.
According to the Ukrainian-American Agreement on the Elimination of Strategic Nuclear Weapons, in February 2006, the last Tu-22M3 bomber of the Ukrainian Air Force was cut at a Poltava military airfield. For the museum exposition, 2 bombers were saved, several more were brought from other cities.
In 2007, a museum was created on the territory of the former air base thanks to the enthusiasm of former military pilots.
As of January 2014, the exposition of the air museum has 9 aircraft, aircraft cruise missiles ( KSR-2 , KSR-5 , X-22 ) and aircraft bombs weighing from 100 to 9000 kg.
Content
- 1 Exposition
- 2 Photo Gallery
- 3 Interesting Facts
- 4 Directions to the museum, opening hours and cost of visiting
- 5 See also
- 6 notes
- 7 References
Exposition
| Photo | Exhibit | Board number |
|---|---|---|
| An-2 | UR-54922 cn 1G187-15 | |
| L-29 | LA-0561 cn 194538 | |
| Photo | L-39 | 53 cn 232209 |
| Photo | Mi-2 | 81 cn 546131049 |
| Su-15UM Previously owned 62 IAP (Belbek) | 56 cn 0415319 | |
| Tu-16K-26 Previously owned 260 TBAP (Stryi) | 25 cn 8204014 | |
| Tu-22KP Previously owned 341 TBAP (Ozernoe) | 63 cn 46-01 | |
| Tu-22M3 "Alexander Molodchy" Previously owned by 260TBAP (Stryi) | 80 cn 3686153 | |
| Tu-95MS Previously owned 1006 TBAP (Uzin) | 01 cn 32191 | |
| Tu-134UBL Previously owned 185 TBAP (Poltava) | 42 cn 64300 | |
| Tu-160 Previously owned 185 TBAP (Poltava) | 26 cn 81804921 | |
| KSR-2 | ||
| KSR-5 | ||
| X-22 | ||
| FAB-9000 M-54 |
Photo Gallery
Interesting Facts
- In 1994, the Poltava-4 airbase celebrated the 50th anniversary of the beginning of Operation French, a joint Soviet-American military operation with the shuttle missions of American heavy bombers Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress for strategic purposes in Nazi Germany and its satellites . During the celebration, the following U.S. Air Force aircraft were presented from the US side: ll Douglas KC-10A Extender , Boeing B-52H Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer .
- The museum and the air base were one of the locations of the book by George Savitsky βThe battlefield - Ukraine. Broken Trident β(2009).
Museum access, opening hours and cost
The museum is open all days of the week except Monday from 9.00 to 17.00. Phone of the tour order: +38 (050) 5845418; +38 (067) 7717738; +38 (0532) 542686 [2]
See also
- Poltava-4
- Long-range aviation of Ukraine
- Operation French
- State Aviation Museum (Kiev)
- Aviation Technical Museum (Lugansk)
- Military History Museum of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine