Letneozersky (air base)
Letneozersky | |||||||
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| Obozersky, Arkhangelsk Oblast in Russia | |||||||
  Letneozersky Shown within Arkhangelsk Oblast  Letneozersky Letneozersky (Russia) | |||||||
| Coordinates | 63°23′24″N 040°23′54″E / 63.39000°N 40.39833°E | ||||||
| Type | Air Base | ||||||
| Site information | |||||||
| Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||
| Site history | |||||||
| Built | 1960 | ||||||
| In use | 1960 - 1994 | ||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||
| Elevation | 99 metres (325 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Letneozersky (also Letneozerskiy, Obozersky Southeast (US)) is a former interceptor air base located 8 km (5 miles) southeast of Obozersky, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
It was home to the 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 23rd Air Defence Division (Arkhangelsk), 10th Independent Air Defence Army,[1] with up to 27 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (NATO: Foxbat) interceptor aircraft based at the airfield during the 1980s.[2][3] It features two major revetment areas holding over 15 aircraft each. The base provided air defense cover for the airspace around Arkhangelsk and Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
The regiment was disbanded in 1994.
References
[edit]- ^ "524th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
- ^ Status of Soviet APVO FOXBAT As of 31 October 1980, Z-20172/80, CREST Document CIA-RDP81T00034R000100330001-0, National Photographic Interpretation Center, Washington, DC.
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