Severomorsk-3 (also referred to as Malyavr or Murmansk Northeast) is an air base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in

Murmansk Oblast Murmansk Oblast (russian: Му́рманская о́бласть, p=ˈmurmənskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ, r=Murmanskaya oblast, ''Murmanskaya oblast''; Kildin Sami: Мурман е̄ммьне, ''Murman jemm'ne'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of ...

, Russia. It is located east of Murmansk, next to Lake Malyavr in the west of the Kola Peninsula. The base is home to the 100th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment with the Mikoyan MiG-29KR/KUBR (ASCC: Fulcrum-D) and the 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment with the Kamov Ka-52K "Katran",

Sukhoi Su-25 The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' (russian: Грач (''rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Gro ...

UTG (ASCC: Frogfoot) & Sukhoi Su-33 (ASCC: Flanker-D).

History

The base was used by the: * 987th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment between 1952 and 1993 with the Tu-16. In the late 1950s, Severomorsk-3 was an operating location for Tupolev Tu-16 Badger medium bombers and featured an 8200 ft (2500 m) concrete runway. In 1970 and 1971, Tu-16 jets in Egyptian Air Force markings were observed conducting training flights at Severomorsk-3. During the 1970s, the airfield was designated as a Yakovlev Yak-38 Forger base for the Murmansk area whenever its parent Kiev-class aircraft carrier was in port.CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT SOVIET FORGER-RELATED AIRFIELDS
CIA-RDP80T01782R000300300001-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, November 1, 1980. Extensive Marston Mat planking was laid at the base in the late 1970s to support the Yak-38's VTOL requirements. After the USSR's breakup, the main operator of Severomorsk-3 was the 279th Independent Naval Shturmovik Aviation Regiment (279 OMShAP) which joined the base during October 1976, operating at least 41

aircraft in 1992, with 4 Su-25UB and 5 Su-25UTG trainers, plus 27 Yakovlev Yak-38 and 1 Yak-38U aircraft. The unit changed its name to the

279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment The Russian Naval Aviation ( rus, Авиация Военно-морского флота России, r=Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) is the air arm of the Russian Navy, a successor of Soviet Naval Aviation. The Russian Navy is divide ...

(279 OKIAP) sometime between 1992 and 2016 and it made up of two fighter and one training squadrons operating the Sukhoi Su-33,

Sukhoi Su-27 The Sukhoi Su-27 (russian: Сухой Су-27; NATO reporting name: Flanker) is a Soviet-origin twin-engine supermaneuverable fighter aircraft designed by Sukhoi. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large US fourth-generation jet ...

UB & Su-25UTG. The Russian Navy's ZEVS-ELF Transmitter is located directly south of Severomorsk-3.

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Installations of the Russian Navy Soviet Naval Aviation bases Airports in Murmansk Oblast {{Russia-mil-stub

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