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 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. 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 a graveyard of Russian weapons, vehicles and personnel". ==See also==