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 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 ...

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located 30 km northwest of

Murmansk Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') i ...

. 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. This aircraft was replaced in 1978 with the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23M (NATO: Flogger-B).PHASEOUT OF FISHPOT IN APVO STRANYY AIRFIELDS USSR
February 1981, CREST: CIA-RDP81T00380R000100980001-5, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. Kilpyavr also operated the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19 (NATO: Farmer), and upgraded to

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 ...

(NATO: Flanker) aircraft in 1985.

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*Michael Holm
941st Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO
Russian Air Force bases Soviet Air Force bases Soviet Air Defence Force bases Airports in Murmansk Oblast {{Russia-mil-stub