The Russian Naval Aviation () is the air arm of the

Russian Navy The Russian Navy is the Navy, naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces. It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had i ...

, a successor of

Soviet Naval Aviation Soviet Naval Aviation (AV-MF, ) was the naval aviation arm of the Soviet Navy. Origins The first naval aviation units in Russia were formed in 1912–1914 as a part of the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet. During World War I, the hydro ...

. The Russian Navy is divided into four fleets and one flotilla:

Northern Fleet The Northern Fleet (, ''Severnyy flot'') is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Arctic. According to the Russian ministry of defence: "The Northern Fleet dates its history back to a squadron created in 1733 to protect the terri ...

, Pacific Fleet,

Baltic Fleet The Baltic Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea. Established 18 May 1703, under Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Baltic Fleet is the oldest Russian fleet. In 1918, the fleet w ...

Black Sea Fleet The Black Sea Fleet () is the Naval fleet, fleet of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea, the Sea of Azov and the Mediterranean Sea. The Black Sea Fleet, along with other Russian ground and air forces on the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, are subordin ...

, and

Caspian Flotilla The Caspian Flotilla () is the flotilla of the Russian Navy in the Caspian Sea. Established in November 1722 by the order of Tsar Peter the Great as part of the Imperial Russian Navy, the Caspian Flotilla is the oldest flotilla in the Russian ...

. The air forces of the largest and most important fleets, the Northern and Pacific fleets, operate long range

Tu-142 The Tupolev Tu-142 (142; NATO reporting name: Bear F/J) is a Soviet/Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft derived from the Tu-95 turboprop strategic bomber. A specialised communications variant designated '' ...

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations ar ...

(ASW) aircraft,

Il-38 The Ilyushin Il-38 (nicknamed Dolphin) (NATO reporting name: May) is a maritime patrol aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It was a development of the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop transport. Design and devel ...

medium-range ASW aircraft, and

Ka-27 The Kamov Ka-27 (NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and as of 2024 is in service in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India. Variants include the Ka- ...

shipborne ASW and search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Formations operating supersonic

Tu-22M3 The Tupolev Tu-22M (; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. The bomber was reported as being designated Tu-26 by ...

bombers were transferred to the Russian Air Force's Long Range Aviation in 2011. The relatively small fleets, the Baltic and Black Sea, currently have only tactical

Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, night fighter, all-weather tactical bomber developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, Twinjet, twin engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for it ...

bombers and ASW helicopters in service. The small

operates

An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twins ...

and

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. Russian production of t ...

transports,

PS rescue helicopters, as well as some Ka-29 and

Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity transport helicopter, troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced ...

armed helicopters. In 2011, the Russian Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Naval Aviation and Air Defense/Commander, Naval Air and Air Defense Forces is Major General Igor Kozhin.

History

Beginning

On 30 May 1912, the Vice-Admiral of the

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, Vice-Admiral Alexander Karl Nikolai von Lieven submitted a written report No. 127 on the plan for the creation of aviation detachments in the fleets . This document, approved with some reservations by the Naval Minister Vice Admiral

Ivan Grigorovich Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich () (26 January 1853 – 3 March 1930) served as Imperial Russia's last Naval Minister from 1911 until the onset of the 1917 revolution. Early career Grigorovich was from a Russian noble family and opted for a ...

, acquired the character of an order for the Naval Ministry. The logical continuation of the report was a letter from MGSh No. 1706/272 dated 06/02/1912 to the head of the General Staff School on the formation of the infrastructure of aviation units in 1913. As of 1 January 1913, there was one seaplane and two wheeled airplanes in the Baltic, and five seaplanes on the Black Sea. In the spring of 1914, by the decision of the Minister of the Navy, an aviation department was introduced into the staff of the Naval General Staff, consisting of three people.

World War I

The beginning of the

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found the Russian Naval Aviation at the stage of organizational formation. In total, by 1 August 1914, the Naval Ministry had about three dozen aircraft of various types and about 20 certified pilots. About 10 more officers underwent flight training directly in the fleets. By the beginning of the war, there were only 10 seaplanes in the Baltic, based in Libau, and 8 seaplanes in the

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, in

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, and Kilen Bay. It was planned to deploy air detachments in the

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only by the summer of 1915, but this was not implemented due to the outbreak of the war. At the beginning of March 1915, the Naval Aviation already had 77 aircraft, including 47 in the Baltic, and 30 seaplanes in the Black Sea. They were served by 78 officers and 859 lower ranks. As of 1 January 1917, the Russian Naval Aviation was an impressive force and included 264 airplanes of various types. Of these, 152 aircraft and 4 small controlled balloons were in the

, 88 aircraft in the Baltic. Another 29 aircraft were available in the

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and

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officer aviation schools. From September 1916 to May 1917 alone, the Naval Department received 61

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and M-12

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s. 26 of them flew in the Black Sea, about 20 entered the Baltic. In the Black Sea and Baltic aviation units, respectively, 115 and 96 officers, 1039 and 1339 conductors, non-commissioned officers and privates served.

Civil War and interwar period

The regular

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naval aviation units were created in 1918. They participated in the

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, cooperating with the ships and the army during the combats at

, on the

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, the Black Sea, the

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, the

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Russian St ...

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and on the

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. The newborn Soviet Naval Air Force consisted of 76 obsolete hydroplanes. Scanty and technically imperfect, it was mostly used for resupplying the ships and the army. In the second half of the 1920s, the Naval Aviation order of battle began to grow. It received new

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hydroplanes,

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s, and fighters. In the mid-1930s, the Soviets created the Naval Air Force in the

, the

and the

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. The importance of

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had grown significantly by 1938–1940, to become one of the main components of the Soviet Navy. By this time, the Soviets had created formations and units of the

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and bomb aviation. At the beginning of the

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, all of the fleets (except for the Pacific Fleet) had a total of 1,445 aircraft.

World War II

At the end of June 1941, three air squadrons of the Civil Air Fleet (Baltic, Black Sea, Northern) were formed from civil aviation units (Baltic, Black Sea, Northern), which were operatively subordinate to the command of the air forces of the respective fleets. Their task was to provide transport services in the interests of the fleets. In addition, from the first days of the war, some aviation units of the NKVD Border Troops were transferred to the Naval Aviation. At the same time, the first assault aviation units appeared in the Navy's Air Force: a squadron of the 57th BAP in the Baltic and the 46th OSHAE in the Black Sea Fleet. In the

, the Naval Aviation turned out to be the most effective of the forces of the fleet - the destruction of 407 enemy ships by aviation was officially confirmed, which is 66% of losses, with a total number of losses - 614 units (however, there is information that official data on the effectiveness of the work of mine and torpedo aviation, for a number of reasons, they are greatly overestimated). In the end of World War II, a reduction in the

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began. In the Naval Aviation, after the end of hostilities, assault aviation was completely eliminated, however, three more aviation divisions were formed: the 17th SAD and the 18th SAD of the Pacific Fleet Air Force, as well as the 19th MTAD of the Navy's Main Command.

Cold War period

To attack surface ships at long ranges, the

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was unique in deploying large numbers of bombers in a maritime role for use by Naval Aviation. The Kiev class of Soviet aircraft carriers was deployed in the late 1970s and carried up to 30 aircraft including Yak-38 VTOL fighters. The next class of Soviet aircraft carriers, named the Admiral Kuznetsov class, supported more conventional aircraft such as the Su-33 "Flanker-D" and the MiG-29 "Fulcrum". Land-based aircraft such as the

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Tu-16 "Badger" and Tu-22M "Backfire" bombers were deployed with high-speed

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s. Previously believed to be interceptors of

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supply

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s traveling the

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across the

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between Europe and North America, the primary role of these aircraft was to protect the Soviet mainland from attacks by U.S. carrier task forces.

Twenty-first century

Russian naval aviation participated in the Russian military intervention in the War in Syria for a few months from November 2016 to January 2017 with the deployment of Russian Admiral Kuznetsov carrier to the

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. This deployment to Syria also marked the naval aviation's combat debut. On 15 November 2016, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'', took part in "a large-scale operation against the positions of terrorist groups

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and

Al-Nusra Al-Nusra Front or Jabhat al-Nusra or Jabhat Nusrat Ahl al-Sham, also known as Front for the Conquest of the Levant, and also later known as Jabhat Fatah al-Sham was a Salafi-jihadist organization that fought against Ba'athist Syria, Ba'athist ...

, in the provinces of Idlib and

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" in Syria by launching Su-33 fighter strikes. Russian Defence Ministry later reported that at least 30 militants had been killed as a result of those strikes, including 3 field commanders, among them'' ''Abul Baha al-Asfari, leader of Al-Nusra reserves in the provinces of Homs and

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. Al-Asfari had also planned and led several insurgent attacks on the city of Aleppo itself. The Su-33s reportedly used precision bombs. On 3 December 2016, an Su-33 crashed into the sea after attempting to land on the ''Admiral Kuznetsov''. The plane crashed on its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions. The pilot was safely recovered by a search and rescue helicopter. Initially it was suspected that the plane missed the wires and failed to go around, falling short of the bow of the warship, but later it was revealed that the arresting cable failed to hold the aircraft, and was damaged in the attempt. Following the two incidents, the air wing was transferred to shore at

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near

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, Syria to continue military operations while the carrier's arresting gear issues were addressed. During her deployment off Syria, aircraft from ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' carried out 420 combat missions, hitting 1,252 hostile targets. On 11 January 2017, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' was conducting live-fire training exercises in the Mediterranean off the coast of

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. The Russian defence ministry announced that on 11 January, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' was visited by Libya's military leader

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, who had a video conference with Russian defence minister

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while on board. the non-operational aircraft carrier ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' is the Russian Navy's only carrier leaving the Russian Navy without an operational aircraft carrier. Further, reports that the ''Admiral Kuznetsovs crew of ca. 1500 has been reassigned to the

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for combat duty in Ukraine indicates that there is no plan to make the Russian Navy a carrier navy again.

Structure and Organisation

The 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (

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45782) was formed at Saki in the Crimea on 10 March 1986.Michael Holm
100 KIAP
and "Век в строю ВМФ авиация Военно-Морского Флота России (1910–2010)" by P.V. Levshov and D.E. Boltenkov; Tayfun, Saint Petersburg 2012, 768 pages. Excellent book with unit histories of every single naval aviation unit in existence between 1910 and 2010. In January 1992 its personnel refused to take the oath of loyalty to

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, which would have presumably made them part of the

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, and instead its personnel left for Russia, leaving their aircraft and equipment behind. The unit regrouped at Severomorsk-3 as part of the Northern Fleet. However, in February 1993 the regiment was disbanded and its personnel and equipment incorporated into the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment. The 279th Independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment was established in 1973. In 1990 it became a Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment. On 22 February 1993 it was renamed the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment as it absorbed the remaining elements of the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Structure in 2007

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''.Air Force Monthly 2007 Given the new data from 2015 to 2016 about the two shipborne fighter aviation regiments above, the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment, listed at Severomorsk-3 with the

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, has been removed from the Northern Fleet listing. NAVAL HIGH COMMAND –

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* 444th Center for Combat Application

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and Re-qualification of Flying Personnel of Naval Aviation – Ostrov ** 240th Guards Composite (Instruction and Evaluation) Aviation Regiment – Ostrov -

, Tu-134UB-L/UB-K,

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L-39ZA The Aero L-39 Albatros is a high-performance jet trainer designed and produced by Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. In addition to performing basic and advanced pilot training, it has also flown combat missions in a light-attack role. Despi ...

Ilyushin Il-18 The Ilyushin Il-18 (; NATO reporting name: Coot) is a large turboprop airliner that first flew in 1957 and became one of the best known Soviet aircraft of its era. The Il-18 was one of the world's principal airliners for several decades and wa ...

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* 46th Transport Aviation Regiment of the Navy – Ostafyevo (Moscow) ** 1st Aviation Squadron – Ostafyevo (Moscow) -

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** 2nd Aviation Squadron – Ostrov -

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Air Force – HQ

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*924th Guards Maritime Missile-Carrying Aviation Regiment (''924-й ОГвМРАП'') – HQ at Olenegorsk/

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3; *279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (''279-й ОКИАП'') – HQ at Severomorsk-3 -

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, Su-25UTG; *73rd ASW Long Range Aviation Squadron (''73-я ОПЛАЭ ДД'') – HQ at Kipelovo (Fedotovo) -

MK, Tu-142MR; *403rd Composite Aviation Regiment (''403-й ОСАП'') – HQ at

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Tupolev Tu-134 The Tupolev Tu-134 (NATO reporting name: Crusty) is a twin-engined, narrow-body jet airliner built in the Soviet Union for short and medium-haul routes from 1966 to 1989. The original version featured a glazed-nose design and, like certain oth ...

An-12 The Antonov An-12 (Russian language, Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop Cargo aircraft, transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has ...

; *830th Red Banner Shipborne ASW Helicopter Regiment (''830-й ОКПЛВП'') - HQ at

**1st and 2nd Shipborne Helicopter Squadrons -

; **3rd Assault Helicopter Squadron -

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Pacific Fleet Air Force – HQ

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*568th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment (''568-й ОГвСАП'') – HQ at Mongokhto **1st and 2nd Missile-Carrying Aviation Squadrons -

; **3rd ASW Long Range Aviation Squadron -

MR/MZ; ** SAR Detachment - An-12PS; *865th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''865-й ОИАП'') – HQ at

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; *317th Composite Air Regiment (''317-й ОСАП'') – HQ at Yelizovo -

; **175th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''175-я ОПЛВЭ'') – HQ at Yelizovo -

; *71st Transport Aviation Squadron (''71-я ОТРАЭ'') – HQ at Vladivostok-Kievichi Airport -

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An-24 The Antonov An-24 (Russian/ Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-24) (NATO reporting name: Coke) is a 44-seat twin turboprop transport/passenger aircraft designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau and manufactured by the Kyiv ...

; *289th ASW Aviation Regiment (''289-й ОСПЛАП'') – HQ at Nikolayevka -

, Ka-27, Ka-29;

Air Force – HQ

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*689th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''689-й ОГвИАП'') –

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- operating

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; *4th Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (''4-й ОГвМШАП'') – Chernyakhovsk Air Base - operating

M/MR; *125th Helicopter Squadron (''125-я ОВЭ'') – HQ at Chkalovsk - operating Mi-8, Mi-24; *396th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''396-я ОКПЛВЭ'') - Donskoye Air Base -

/PS, Ka-29; *398th Transport Aviation Squadron (''398-я ОТРАЭ'') – HQ at Khrabrovo -

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Air Arm – HQ

(status in 2010) *25th ASW Helicopter Regiment (''25-й ОКПЛВП'') - HQ at Kacha, Crimea - ~20 helicopters of types

and Mi-14 *917th Composite Aviation Regiment (917''-й ОСАП'') - HQ at Kacha, Crimea - ~10x Antonov transport aircraft of types

, 4x

; ~10x

*43rd Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (4''3-й ОМШАП'') - HQ at Gvardeyskoe, Crimea - 18x

; 4x Su-24MR; the Crimean Saki Naval Airfield portion of the regiment was decimated in a Ukrainian attack in August 2022

Structure after 2008–2011 reforms

As a result of the

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s, the units of the Russian Naval Aviation were reorganized into 13 new Naval Air Bases. Each new naval air base consists of an HQ, support units and one or more aviation groups/wings (the former air bases). In a second stage, the air bases were merged into territorially integrated structures. Only the 279th Regiment retained its status. The planned transfer of Naval Aviation assets (Su-24, Su-27, Tu-22M3, MiG-31) to the

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has been delayed due to their importance to the service, but was finally implemented by the end of 2011. As of 2012, the only fixed wing strike and fighter aircraft of Russian Naval Aviation are the Su-33 fighters and Su-25UTG attack aircraft of the 279th Regiment (forming the Admiral Kuznetsov's carrier air wing), plus the Su-24 bombers based in the Crimea. This sole bomber unit remained part of Naval Aviation as an exception to satisfy treaty requirements governing Russian forces deployments on Ukrainian territory (these must be part of the Black Sea Fleet). Buying brand new multirole Sukhoi Su-30SM for the Black Sea Fleet to replace Su-24 was in the planning stages and it has been completed as of December 2016. Naval aviation also retains the anti-submarine aircraft of the forces (the Tu-142 and the Il-38) and the helicopter arm. Given the new data from 2015 to 2016 from Russian sources regarding the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment's disbandment in 1993, Air Force's Monthly's listing of both the 100th and 279th Regiments at the Severomorsk-3 NAB has been altered by removal of the 100 KIAP. Naval air bases of the Russian Naval Aviation include:

air bases - HQ at Kaliningrad: * Donskoe NAB * Chernyakhovsk NAB * Chkalovsk NAB * Khabrovo NAB

air bases - HQ at Sevastopol: * Gvardiyskoye NAB * Kacha NAB * Novofedorivka NAB *

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** 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (43rd OMShAP) (formerly at Gvardeiskoye) (Su-30SM, Su-24M/MR)

air bases - HQ at Severomorsk: * Kipelovo NAB * Olenegorsk NAB * Severomorsk-1 NAB * Severomorsk-2 NAB * Severomorsk-3 NAB ** 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (279th OKIAP) *

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NAB ** 98th Composite Aviation Regiment (98th SAP) Pacific Fleet air bases - HQ at Vladivostok: * Chkalovsk NAB ** 72nd Guards Air Base * Elizovo NAB/Yelizovo (

) ** 7060th Air Base * Kamennyy Ruchey NAB * Nikolaev NAB

Organization

The Soviet and its successor the Russian Naval Aviation follow the TOE of the Soviet (Russian Air Force respectively). This practice was formally established with Order No. 0036 of the Navy Chief-of-Staff (issued on 7 October and implemented on 15 December 1947). Therefore, it followed air force unit convention (air army (air corps) - aviation division - aviation regiment) and its personnel held air force type ranks (generals, colonels, majors etc.). A major divergence from the practice in the NATO member states and the countries, which follow US air force traditions is that the Soviet Union, its Warsaw Pact and other Socialist allies (such as Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba etc.) kept flying units and the ground support units separate (radar, signals, engineer units) subordinated separately to higher command and control level. For example, an aviation regiment and the radar and signals battalion, the air field battalion and the other support units servicing the air field reported to their air division. Another difference is that Soviet military air arms did not bring aviation units of different branches (fighter, transport, helicopter) together. The only exceptions were Mixed Aviation Regiments, (which performed liaison and transport tasks for armies, military districts etc. and had a fleet of An-24/ An-26 planes and Mi-8/ Mi-9 helicopters) or rarely air regiments, which flew one single type in different variants and tasks (for example a Tu-22 naval missile-carrying aviation regiment flying 1-2 missile-carrying aviation squadrons and a squadron of reconnaissance or EW variants). The

planned during the term of

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changed that. The main organizational change in the Ground Forces was the transition from a 4-level operational chain of command (Military District — Army — Division — Regiment) to a 3-level one (Military District — Operational Command (Army) — Brigade). The Air Force transitioned correspondingly to Military District — Operational Command — Air Base chain of command. The air bases combined geographically closely located flying units of various arms with ground support units. As the naval aviation followed the air force organizational practice it too adopted the air base organization. The separate air commands of the fleets (Air Force of the Northern Fleet, Air Force of the Pacific Fleet, Air Force of the Baltic Fleet and Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet) were disbanded and naval aviation assets adopted a three level operational chain of command including Military District — Fleet — Air Base. Concerning its inventory, it was decided that the naval aviation divest its heavy bombers and fighter aircraft (except for the Admiral Kuznetsov air wing), transferring them to the Air Force. The re-organization of the Air Force was later reverted on the grounds of being counter-productive. The four Air Forces and Air Defence Operational Commands (1st through 4th) were reverted to Air Forces and Air Defence Armies (6th, 14th, 11th and 4th respectively), one per military district each. With the establishment of the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command as a ''de facto'' fifth military district a new 45th Air Forces and Air Defence Army was formed under it. Its aviation units belong to the naval aviation unlike the other four air armies, which consist of air force units. The air force also started transforming its fighter aviation from air bases into fighter aviation regiments belonging to composite aviation divisions. The naval aviation also reverted the decision to divest its fighter air arm (but not its bomber aircraft, which remain with the Air Force). MiG-31 were transferred back to the Navy and new Su-30SM heavy multirole fighters were ordered. These aircraft were grouped into fighter aviation regiments independent from the air bases. As of 2019 the naval aviation air bases consist of maritime patrol and ASW aircraft, transport aircraft, ASW helicopters, combat and assault helicopters, transport helicopters and UAVs. Naval aviation is following the air force in the resurrection of the air divisions as an operational level of command and control. It is yet undecided whether the naval aviation air bases will become air divisions, reforming their fixed wing, helicopter and UAV assets in aviation regiments and squadrons or new composite naval aviation divisions will be formed and the NAABs will be subordinated to them next to the fighter aviation regiments.

Naval aviation in 2019

Naval High Command

Naval High Command (''Главное командование Военно-Морского Флота'') —

* units directly subordinated to the NHC (''часты центрального подчинения'') ** Naval Aviation Central Signals Node (''Центральный узел связи морской авиации ВМФ'') ( Domodedovo (Moscow)) ** Naval Aviation Training Center (''Учебный центр морской авиации ВМФ'') (

) - basic theoretic training for naval aviators ** 859th Center for Naval Aviation Combat Application

and Re-qualification of Flying Personnel (''859-й Центр боевого применения и переучивания летного состава морской авиации'') ( Yeysk Airfield) - Su-33, Su-30SM, MiG-29K/KUB, Su-25UTG, L-39ZA, Il-38N, Il-20, An-140-100, An-26, Ka-27PL, Ka-28, Ka-29 ** SAR Navy Support Aviation Squadron (''Авиационная эскадрилья поисково-спасательного обеспечения ВМФ РФ'') ( Ostafyevo (Shcherbinka) Airfield): An-12PS, An-26, An-72, An-140-100.

Northern Fleet Air Force

The Northern Fleet was subordinated to the Western Military District, but with the re-vitalization of Russia's interests in the

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it was decided to make it part of the core of a new, fifth, military district - the

Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command The Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (), was a Military districts of Russia, military district of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the northern region of European Russia and the Arctic Ocean. The Northern F ...

. Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (''Объединённое стратегическое командование «Северный флот»'') —

* Red Banner

(''Краснознамённый Северный флот'' (''КСФ'')) —

** the naval aviation assets of the Northern Fleet were used as the core for the formation of the 45th Air Forces and Air Defense Army in 2015 * 45th Air Forces and Air Defence Army (''45-я Армия ВВС и ПВО'' (''45 А ВВС и ПВО'')) —

** 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (''100-й Отдельный корабельный истребительный авиационный полк'' (''100-й ОКИАП'')) ( Severomorsk-3,

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) - 2x sqns of MiG-29K/KUB ** 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment ''"Twice

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"'' (''279-й Отдельный корабельный истребительный авиационный полк имени дважды Героя Советского Союза Б. Ф. Сафонова'' (''279-й ОКИАП'')) ( Severomorsk-3) - 2x sqns of

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, 1x sqn of Sukhoi Su-25UTG, 1x shorebased Sukhoi Su-30SM to be formed ** 174th Pechenga Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment ''"Twice

"'' (''174-й Отдельный гвардейский истребительный Печенгский Краснознаменный авиационный полк им. Б.Ф. Сафонова'' (''174-й ОГвИАП'')) ( Monchegorsk Airfield) - MiG-31BM (disbanded on Sept 1, 2001, re-formed in 2019, splitting from 98th Composite Aviation Regiment) ** 98th Wisla Guards Red Banner

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Composite Aviation Regiment (''98-й Отдельный гвардейский смешанный авиационный Висленский Краснознамённый, ордена Кутузова полк'' (''98-й ОГвСАП'')) ( Monchegorsk Airfield) - Su-24M/MR,

** 403rd Composite Aviation Regiment (''403-й ОСАП'') –

- Il-38N, Il-18, Il-20, Il-22

** 830th Red Banner Shipborne ASW Helicopter Regiment (''830-й ОКПЛВП'') – Severomorsk-1 – Ka-27, Ka-29,

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** 7050th

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Red Banner Aviation Base (''7050-я авиационная Киркенесская Краснознамённая база'' (''7050-я АвБ МА'')) (Severomorsk-1) *** 2nd Air Group (''2-я Aвиагруппа 7050-й авиабазы'' (''2-я АГ/ 7050-й АвБ'')) ( Fedotovo (Kipelovo) Airfield) - Tu-142MR/MK *** 3rd Air Group (''3-я Aвиагруппа 7050-й авиабазы'' (''3-я АГ/ 7050-й АвБ'')) ( Ostafyevo (Shcherbinka) Airfield) - An-12, An-24, An-26,

, An-140-100

Baltic Fleet Air Force

Order of Lenin

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(''Ленингра́дский вое́нный о́круг'' (''ЛВО'')) —

*Twice Red Banner

Air Force (''Дважды Краснознамённый Балтийский флот'' (''ДКБФ'')) —

** 132nd Mixed Aviation Division (Naval Aviation) *** Division HQ *** 4th ''

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'' Guards Red Banner Maritime Attack Aviation Regiment ''"Aviation Marshal Ivan Borzov"'' (4-й Отдельный гвардейский морской штурмовой Новгородско-Клайпедский Краснознаменный авиационный полк имени маршала авиации Ивана Борзова) ( Chernyakhovsk Air Field) - Su-30SM, Su-24M *** 689th Independent '' Sandomirskiy,

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'' Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ''" Aviation Marshal Alexander Pokryshkin"''(''689-й Отдельный гвардейский истребительный Сандомирский ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк имени маршала авиации А.И. Покрышкина'' (''689-й ОГвИАП'')) ( Chkalovsk Air Field) - Sukhoi Su-27SM/UB, to convert to Su-35S some time after 2020. *** 72nd ''

'' Guards Red Banner ''"Aviation Marshal Ivan Borzov"'' Aviation Base (''72-я гвардейская авиационная Новгородско-Клайпедская Краснознамённая имени маршала авиации И.И. Борзова база'' (''72-я ГвАвБ МА'')) ( Chernyakhovsk Air Field) **** (Former 398th) Independent Transport Aviation Squadron (''398-я Отдельная транспортная авиационная эскадрилья'' (''398-я ОТРАЭ'')) (

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) - An-140-100, An-24, An-26 **** (Former 396th) Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''396-я Отдельная корабельная противолодочная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''396-я ОКПЛВЭ'')) ( Donskoye Air Field) - Ka-27PL/PS, Ka-29 **** (Former 125th) Independent Helicopter Squadron (''125-я Отдельная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''125-я ОВЭ'')) ( Chkalovsk Air Field) -

** The former German hydroplane air station in

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on the

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, which was used by the Baltic Fleet's

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amphibious planes until its abandonment in 1995 will be reconstructed to field a naval squadron of

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Black Sea Fleet Air Arm

Red Banner and Order of Suvorov

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(''Краснознамённый ордена Суворова Южный военный округ'' (''ЮВО'')) –

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*Red Banner

Air Arm (''Краснознамённый Черноморский флот'' (''КЧФ'')) —

** 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division *** Division HQ *** 43rd Maritime Attack Aviation Regiment (''43-й Отдельный морской штурмовой авиационный полк'' (''43-й ОМШАП'')) ( Saky Air Base) - Su-30SM, Su-24M/MR *** 318th Composite Aviation Regiment (''318-й отдельный смешанный авиационный полк'' (''318-й ОСАП'')) ( Kacha Air Base) - Tu-134UB-L,

, Ka-27, Ka-29,

*** UAV Squadron ( Khersones (air base))

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and Forpost

Caspian Flotilla

Red Banner and Order of Suvorov

(''Краснознамённый ордена Суворова Южный военный округ'' (''ЮВО'')) –

* Red Banner

(Краснознамённая Каспийская флотилия (ККФ)) —

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* The Caspian Flotilla does not field organic aviation assets

Pacific Fleet Air Force

Order of Lenin, Twice warded theRed Banner and Order of Suvorov Eastern Military District (''Ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённый, ордена Суворова Восточный военный округ'') –

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*Red Banner Pacific Fleet Aviation (''Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский флот'' (''ТОФ'')) —

**Red Banner Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces (''Войска и силы на Северо-востоке'') –

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*** 865th ''Order of Labour Red Banner'' Fighter Aviation Regiment (''865-й Отдельный истребительный авиационный ордена Трудового Красного Знамени полк'' (''865-й ОИАП'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - MiG-31BM, Su-35(Deployed support from the Russian Air Force, but not affiliated with the Russian Naval Aviation) *** 317th Composite Aviation Regiment (''317-й Отдельный смешанный авиаполк'' (''317-й ОСАП'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - Il-38N, Il-22 *** 175th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''175-я Отдельная корабельная противолодочная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''175-я ОКПЛВЭ'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - Ка-27 ***

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Detachment (''Отряд БПЛА'') ( Ugolny (Anadyr) Airfield) - Forpost,

** ''Primorskoye'' Combined Forces Formation (formerly Flotilla) (''Приморское объединение разнородных сил Тихоокеанского флота'') – Fokino *** 7062nd '' Port Artur Red Banner'' Naval Aviation Air Base (''7062-я Порт-Артурская Краснознаменная авиационная база морской авиации'' (''7062-я АвБ МА'')) ( Nikolayevka Primorskya (Zolotaya Dolina) Air Field) - Il-38N, Il-22, Ka-27PL/PS, Mi-8 **** Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron (''Отдельная противолодочная авиаэскадрилья'' (''ОПЛАЭ'')) (Mongohto (Sovetskaya Gavan/

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) Air Field) - Tu-142M/MZ/MR **** Transport Aviation Squadron (''Отдельная транспортная авиаэскадрилья'' (''ОТРАЭ'')) (Artyom ( Vladivostok–Knevichi IAP) Airfield) - An-12PP( EW) / PS( SAR), An-26

Equipment

The Russian Naval Aviation maintains a large and varied fleet of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, the most numerous of which is the

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anti-submarine helicopter that operates from various surface ships.

Gallery

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taking off from Severomorsk-3,

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References

External links

*Butowski, Piotr. ''Force Report:Russian Air Force'',

, August 2007 issue.
''State of the Russian Air Force''
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