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Severomorsk-3Malyavr
Severomorsk, Murmansk Oblast in Russia
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Coordinates 68°52′0″N 33°43′0″E / 68.86667°N 33.71667°E / 68.86667; 33.71667
Type Air Base
Site information
Owner Ministry of Defence
Operator Russian Navy - Russian Naval Aviation
Controlled by Northern Fleet
Site history
Built 1950 (1950)
In use 1950 - present
Airfield information
Identifiers ICAO: ULMV
Elevation 172 metres (564 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 17/35 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Severomorsk-3 (also referred to as Malyavr or Murmansk Northeast) is an air base of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet in Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It is located 28 kilometers (17 mi) 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)[1] and the 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment with the Kamov Ka-52K "Katran", Sukhoi Su-25UTG (ASCC: Frogfoot), and Sukhoi Su-33 (ASCC: Flanker-D).[2]

The base was used by the:

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.[4][5] In 1970 and 1971, Tu-16 jets in Egyptian Air Force markings were observed conducting training flights at Severomorsk-3.[6][7] 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.[8] Extensive Marston Mat planking was laid at the base in the late 1970s to support the Yak-38's VTOL requirements.[8]

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,[9] operating at least 41 Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft in 1992, with 4 Su-25UB and 5 Su-25UTG trainers, plus 27 Yakovlev Yak-38 and 1 Yak-38U aircraft.[10] The unit changed its name to the 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (279 OKIAP) of Russian Naval Aviation sometime between 1992 and 2016 and it made up of two fighter and one training squadrons operating the Sukhoi Su-33, Sukhoi Su-27UB, and Su-25UTG.[1]

The Russian Navy's ZEVS-ELF Transmitter is located directly south of Severomorsk-3.

  1. ^ a b AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. December 2016. p. 86.
  2. ^ "Russian Naval Aviation - Severomorsk-3 (Malyavr) (ULMV)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "987th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ THE SOVIET ARCTIC, CIA-RDP79T01018A000300010001-0, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, July 1, 1959.
  5. ^ OAK - PART 1 MISSION 1008-2: 14-17 JULY 1964, National Photographic Information Center, Washington DC, 1964. (NOTE: Filed incorrectly in CIA CREST as "SOVIETS CONTINUING THEIR EXPANSION OF VLF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES")
  6. ^ THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 4 DECEMBER 1970, CIA CREST 0005977833, December 4, 1970.
  7. ^ THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF 25 MAY 1971, CIA CREST 0005992627, May 25, 1971.
  8. ^ a b CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AT SOVIET FORGER-RELATED AIRFIELDS, CIA-RDP80T01782R000300300001-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, November 1, 1980.
  9. ^ "279th Independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment". Soviet Armed Forces 1945-1991. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Aviatsiya VMF". Aviabaza KPOI.