Monchegorsk (air base)

Monchegorsk
Monchegorsk, Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Monchegorsk Shown within Murmansk Oblast
Coordinates	67°59′12″N 033°01′06″E / 67.98667°N 33.01833°ECoordinates: 67°59′12″N 033°01′06″E / 67.98667°N 33.01833°E
Type	Air Base
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Russian Air Force
Site history
Built	1980?
In use	1980-present
Airfield information
Elevation	167 metres (548 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 02/20 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Monchegorsk Air Base is a military air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 13 km northeast of Monchegorsk and 11 miles southwest of Olenya.

It hosted the 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (174 Gv IAP) flying MiG-25PDS aircraft in the 1980s and MiG-31 interceptors in the 1990s.^[1] It also hosted a reconnaissance regiment, the 98 ORAP (98th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25RB, Su-17, Su-24MR, and MiG-31 aircraft.^[2]

For much of the Cold War fighter regiments at the base were under control of Air Defence Corps of the 10th Air Defence Army.

The base is home to the 98th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment which uses the Sukhoi Su-24M/MR, Mikoyan MiG-31BM & Mil Mi-8MTV.^[3]

References

1. "Aviatsiya PVO". Aviabaza KPOI.
2. Butowski, Pyotr (2004). Air Power Analysis: Russian Federation. AIRtime Publishing, Inc.
3. AirForces Monthly. Stamford, Lincolnshire, England: Key Publishing Ltd. October 2015. p. 57.