Editing Antonov (section)

====First serial aircraft and expansion====
[[File:An-12 in flight.jpg|thumb|[[Antonov An-12|An-12]], [[Cold War]]-era tactical transport, in flight]]
[[File:001 An-12, Malmo Airport, Sweden.jpg|thumb|47-year-old [[Antonov An-12|An-12]] still in operational condition in 2011]]

The 1957 introduction of the [[Antonov An-10|An-10]]/[[Antonov An-12|An-12]] family of mid-range turboprop aeroplanes began the successful production of thousands of these aircraft. Their use for both heavy combat and civilian purposes around the globe continues to the present; the [[Antonov An-10|An-10]]/[[Antonov An-12|An-12]] were used most notably in the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Soviet–Afghan War]] and the [[Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl disaster relief megaoperation]].

In 1959, the bureau began construction of the separate Flight Testing and Improvement Base in suburban [[Hostomel]] (now the [[Antonov Airport]]).

In 1965, the [[Antonov An-22]] heavy military transport entered serial production to supplement the An-12 in major military and humanitarian [[airlift]]s by the Soviet Union. The model became the first Soviet [[wide-body aircraft]], and it remains the world's largest turboprop-powered aircraft. Antonov designed and presented a [[Nuclear aircraft|nuclear-powered]] version of the An-22. It was never flight tested.

In 1966, after the major expansion in the [[Sviatoshyn]] neighbourhood of the city, the company was renamed to another disguise name: "Kiev Mechanical Plant". Two independent aircraft production and repair facilities, under engineering supervision of the Antonov Bureau, also appeared in Kiev during this period.