Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company

KhAZ was established on September 17, 1926, following the foundation of Kharkiv aircraft repair facilities, which had been established in 1923. These facilities were originally constructed by the German aviation company Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke AG prior to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. This undertaking was part of Weimar Germany's strategy to conceal its military cooperation with the Soviet Union, aiming to circumvent the limitations imposed on the German Armed Forces by the Treaty of Versailles. The manufacturing facility has its own aerodrome, known as Kharkiv North Airport (ICAO: UKHV), alternatively recognized as Kharkiv Sokilnyky Airport. == Notable aircraft ==

Fighters • Grigorovich I-Z • Grigorovich IP-1 • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 • Sukhoi Su-2 Trainer • Yakovlev Yak-18 Transport • Antonov An-72 • Antonov An-74 • Antonov An-140 Passenger • Kalinin K-2 • Kalinin K-3 • Kalinin K-4 • Kalinin K-5 • Tupolev Tu-104 • Tupolev Tu-124 • Tupolev Tu-134 • Tupolev Tu-141 Ultralight • KhAZ ViS-3 Experimental • Kalinin K-7 • Kharkiv KhAI-1 • Kharkiv KhAI-4 • Kharkiv KhAI-5 == See also ==