Letneozersky (also Letneozerskiy, Obozersky Southeast (US)) is an former interceptor air base located 8 km (5 miles) southeast of

Obozersky Obozersky (russian: Обозерский) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Plesetsky District of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the upper Vaymuga River, a tributary of the Yemtsa River in the Northern Dvina basin. Obozer ...

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

, Russia. It was home to the 524th Interceptor Aviation Regiment (IAP) with up to 27

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 (russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-25; NATO reporting name: Foxbat) is a supersonic interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft that is among the fastest military aircraft to enter service. Designed by the ...

(NATO: Foxbat) interceptor aircraft based at the airfield during the 1980s. It features two major revetment areas holding over 15 aircraft each. The base provides air defense cover for the airspace around Arkhangelsk and Plesetsk Cosmodrome, and it was subordinate to the Arkhangelsk Air Defense District.

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