Kilpyavr (air base)

Kilpyavr
Kilp Yavr
Kilpyavr, Murmansk Oblast in Russia
Kilpyavr is located in Murmansk Oblast
Kilpyavr
Kilpyavr
Shown within Murmansk Oblast
Kilpyavr is located in Russia
Kilpyavr
Kilpyavr
Kilpyavr (Russia)
Coordinates69°5′48″N 032°24′30″E / 69.09667°N 32.40833°E / 69.09667; 32.40833
TypeAir Base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRussian Air Force
Site history
Built1952 (1952)
In use1952 - 2009 (2009)
Airfield information
Elevation93 metres (305 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
03/21 2,500 metres (8,202 ft) Concrete

Kilpyavr (Russian: Килпъявр or Килп-Явр, Finnish: Kilpijärvi. Also appearing in many different forms as Kilpajärvi, Kilp-Yavr, Kil'p-Yar, Kilp-Yar, Kilpyarvi) is a former military air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 30 km northwest of Murmansk. It was a small interceptor base operated by the 941st Fighter Aviation Regiment (941 IAP).

Kilpyavr's interceptor regiment initially operated the Sukhoi Su-9 (NATO: Fishpot) in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] This aircraft was replaced in 1978 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M (NATO: Flogger-B).[1] Kilpyavr also operated the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO: Farmer), and upgraded to Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO: Flanker) aircraft in 1985.

References

  1. ^ a b PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR, February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
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