Letneozersky (also Letneozerskiy, Obozersky Southeast (US)) is a former interceptor air base located 8 km (5 miles) southeast of

Obozersky Obozersky () is an types of inhabited localities in Russia, urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the upper Vaymuga River, a tributary of the Yemtsa River in the Northern Dvina Riv ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast ( rus, Архангельская область, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲskəjə ˈobɫəsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz ...

, Russia. It was home to the 524th Fighter Aviation Regiment, 23rd Air Defence Division (Arkhangelsk), 10th Independent Air Defence Army, with up to 27

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a Supersonic aircraft, supersonic Interceptor aircraft, interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the Flight airspeed record, fastest military aircraft to enter service ...

(NATO: Foxbat)

interceptor aircraft An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are c ...

based at the airfield during the 1980s.Status of Soviet APVO FOXBAT As of 31 October 1980, Z-20172/80, CREST Document CIA-RDP81T00034R000100330001-0, National Photographic Interpretation Center, Washington, DC. It features two major revetment areas holding over 15 aircraft each. The base provided air defense cover for the airspace around

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near its mouth into the White Sea. The city spreads for over along the ...

and

Plesetsk Cosmodrome Plesetsk Cosmodrome () is a Russian spaceport located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, near the town of Plesetsk, from which it takes its name. Until 2025 and the commissioning of the Andøya Space, Andøya base in Norway, it was the only operati ...

. The regiment was disbanded in 1994.

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