The Russian Naval Aviation ( rus, Авиация Военно-морского флота России, r=Aviatsiya Voenno-morskovo Flota Rossii) is the air arm of the Russian Navy, a successor of

Soviet Naval Aviation Soviet Naval Aviation (AV-MF, for ''Авиация военно-морского флота'' in Russian, or ''Aviatsiya voyenno-morskogo flota'', literally "aviation of the military maritime fleet") was the naval aviation arm of the Soviet Na ...

. The Russian Navy is divided into four fleets and one flotilla:

Northern Fleet Severnyy flot , image = Great emblem of the Northern Fleet.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Northern Fleet's great emblem , start_date = June 1, 1733; Sov ...

, Pacific Fleet, Baltic Fleet, Black Sea Fleet, and

Caspian Flotilla Kaspiyskaya flotiliya , image = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla , dates = No ...

. The air forces of the largest and most important fleets, the Northern and Pacific fleets, operate long range

Tu-142 The Tupolev Tu-142 (russian: Туполев Ту-142; NATO reporting name: Bear F/J) is a Soviet/Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft derived from the Tu-95 turboprop strategic bomber. A specialised commun ...

anti-submarine warfare Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines. Such operations are t ...

(ASW) aircraft, Il-38 medium-range ASW aircraft, and

Ka-27 The Kamov Ka-27 ( NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India. Variants include the Ka-2 ...

shipborne ASW and search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. Formations operating supersonic

Tu-22M3 The Tupolev Tu-22M (russian: Туполев Ту-22М; NATO reporting name: Backfire) is a supersonic, variable-sweep wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Tupolev Design Bureau in the 1960s. According to some s ...

bombers were transferred to the Russian Air Force's Long Range Aviation in 2011. The relatively small fleets, the Baltic and Black Sea, currently have only tactical

Su-24 The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft developed in the Soviet Union. The aircraft has a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. It was ...

bombers and ASW helicopters in service. The small

Caspian Flotilla Kaspiyskaya flotiliya , image = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla , dates = No ...

operates

An-26 The Antonov An-26 (NATO reporting name: Curl) is a twin-engined turboprop civilian and military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the Soviet Union from 1969 to 1986.Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. "Antonov's Turboprop Twin ...

and

Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (russian: Ми-8, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s and introduced into the Soviet Air Force in 1968. It is now produced by Russia. In addition t ...

transports,

PS rescue helicopters, as well as some

Ka-29 The Kamov Ka-27 (NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India. Variants include the Ka-29 a ...

and Mi-24 armed helicopters. In 2011, the Russian Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Naval Aviation and Air Defense/Commander, Naval Air and Air Defense Forces is

Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Igor Kozhin.

History

Beginning

On May 30 1912, the Vice-Admiral of the

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, Vice-Admiral Alexander Karl Nikolai von Lieven submitted a written report No. 127 on the plan for the creation of aviation detachments in the fleets . This document, approved with some reservations by the Naval Minister Vice Admiral

Ivan Grigorovich Ivan Konstantinovich Grigorovich (russian: Ива́н Константи́нович Григоро́вич) (26 January 1853 – 3 March 1930) served as Imperial Russia's last Naval Minister from 1911 until the onset of the 1917 revolution. Ea ...

, acquired the character of an order for the Naval Ministry. The logical continuation of the report was a letter from MGSh No. 1706/272 dated 06/02/1912 to the head of the General Staff School on the formation of the infrastructure of aviation units in 1913. As of January 1, 1913, there was one seaplane and two wheeled airplanes in the Baltic, and five seaplanes on the Black Sea. In the spring of 1914, by the decision of the Minister of the Navy, an aviation department was introduced into the staff of the Naval General Staff, consisting of three people.

World War I

The beginning of the

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found the Russian Naval Aviation at the stage of organizational formation. In total, by August 1, 1914, the Naval Ministry had about three dozen aircraft of various types and about 20 certified pilots. About 10 more officers underwent flight training directly in the fleets. By the beginning of the war, there were only 10 seaplanes in the Baltic, based in Libau, and 8 seaplanes in the

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, in

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, and Kilen Bay. It was planned to deploy air detachments in the

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only by the summer of 1915, but this was not implemented due to the outbreak of the war. At the beginning of March 1915, the Naval Aviation already had 77 aircraft, including 47 in the Baltic, and 30 seaplanes in the Black Sea. They were served by 78 officers and 859 lower ranks. As of 1 January 1917, the Russian Naval Aviation was an impressive force and included 264 airplanes of various types. Of these, 152 aircraft and 4 small controlled balloons were in the Black Sea Fleet, 88 aircraft in the Baltic. Another 29 aircraft were available in the Petrograd and

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officer aviation schools. From September 1916 to May 1917 alone, the Naval Department received 61

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and M-12

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. 26 of them flew in the Black Sea, about 20 entered the Baltic. In the Black Sea and Baltic aviation units, respectively, 115 and 96 officers, 1039 and 1339 conductors, non-commissioned officers and privates served.

Civil War and Interwar Period

The regular

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naval aviation units were created in 1918. They participated in the

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, cooperating with the ships and the army during the combats at Petrograd, on the

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, the Black Sea, the

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, the

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Northern Dvina The Northern Dvina (russian: Се́верная Двина́, ; kv, Вы́нва / Výnva) is a river in northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River ...

and on the

Lake Onega Lake Onega (; also known as Onego, rus, Оне́жское о́зеро, r=Onezhskoe ozero, p=ɐˈnʲɛʂskəɪ ˈozʲɪrə; fi, Ääninen, Äänisjärvi; vep, Änine, Änižjärv) is a lake in northwestern Russia, on the territory of the Repu ...

. The newborn Soviet Naval Air Force consisted of 76 obsolete hydroplanes. Scanty and technically imperfect, it was mostly used for resupplying the ships and the army. In the second half of the 1920s, the Naval Aviation order of battle began to grow. It received new

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hydroplanes,

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, and

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. In the mid-1930s, the Soviets created the Naval Air Force in the Baltic Fleet, the Black Sea Fleet and the

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. The importance of

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had grown significantly by 1938–1940, to become one of the main components of the Soviet Navy. By this time, the Soviets had created formations and units of the

torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, su ...

and bomb aviation. At the beginning of the

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, all of the fleets (except for the Pacific Fleet) had a total of 1,445 aircraft.

World War II

At the end of June 1941, three air squadrons of the Civil Air Fleet (Baltic, Black Sea, Northern) were formed from civil aviation units (Baltic, Black Sea, Northern), which were operatively subordinate to the command of the air forces of the respective fleets. Their task was to provide transport services in the interests of the fleets. In addition, from the first days of the war, some aviation units of the NKVD Border Troops were transferred to the Naval Aviation. At the same time, the first assault aviation units appeared in the Navy's Air Force: a squadron of the 57th BAP in the Baltic and the 46th OSHAE in the Black Sea Fleet. In the

, the Naval Aviation turned out to be the most effective of the forces of the fleet - the destruction of 407 enemy ships by aviation was officially confirmed, which is 66% of losses, with a total number of losses - 614 units (however, there is information that official data on the effectiveness of the work of mine and torpedo aviation, for a number of reasons, they are greatly overestimated). In the end of World War II, a reduction in the

Soviet Armed Forces The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...

began. In the Naval Aviation, after the end of hostilities, assault aviation was completely eliminated, however, three more aviation divisions were formed: the 17th SAD and the 18th SAD of the Pacific Fleet Air Force, as well as the 19th MTAD of the Navy's Main Command.

Cold War period

To attack surface ships at long ranges, the Soviet Navy was unique in deploying large numbers of bombers in a maritime role for use by Naval Aviation. The Kiev class of Soviet aircraft carriers was deployed in the late 1970s and carried up to 30 aircraft including Yak-38 VTOL fighters. The next class of Soviet aircraft carriers, named the Admiral Kuznetsov class, supported more conventional aircraft such as the Su-33 "Flanker-D" and the MiG-29 "Fulcrum". Land-based aircraft such as the

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Tu-16 "Badger" and Tu-22M "Backfire" bombers were deployed with high-speed

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. Previously believed to be interceptors of

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supply

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traveling the

sea lines of communication Sea lines of communication (abbreviated as SLOC) is a term describing the primary maritime routes between ports, used for trade, logistics and naval forces. It is generally used in reference to naval operations to ensure that SLOCs are open, or in ...

across the

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between Europe and North America, the primary role of these aircraft was to protect the Soviet mainland from attacks by U.S. carrier task forces.

Modern period

Russian naval aviation participated in the Russian military intervention in the War in Syria for a few months from November 2016 to January 2017 with the deployment of Russian Admiral Kuznetsov carrier to the

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. This deployment to Syria also marked the naval aviation's combat debut. On 15 November 2016, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'', took part in "a large-scale operation against the positions of terrorist groups

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and Al-Nusra, in the provinces of Idlib and

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" in Syria by launching Su-33 fighter strikes. Russian Defence Ministry later reported that at least 30 militants had been killed as a result of those strikes, including 3 field commanders, among them'' ''Abul Baha al-Asfari, leader of Al-Nusra reserves in the provinces of Homs and

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. Al-Asfari had also planned and led several insurgent attacks on the city of Aleppo itself. The Su-33s reportedly used precision bombs. On 3 December 2016, an Su-33 crashed into the sea after attempting to land on the ''Admiral Kuznetsov''. The plane crashed on its second attempt to land on the aircraft carrier in good weather conditions. The pilot was safely recovered by a search and rescue helicopter. Initially it was suspected that the plane missed the wires and failed to go around, falling short of the bow of the warship, but later it was revealed that the arresting cable failed to hold the aircraft, and was damaged in the attempt. Following the two incidents, the air wing was transferred to shore at

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near Latakia, Syria to continue military operations while the carrier's arresting gear issues were addressed. During her deployment off Syria, aircraft from ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' carried out 420 combat missions, hitting 1,252 hostile targets. On 11 January 2017, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' was conducting live-fire training exercises in the Mediterranean off the coast of

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. The Russian defence ministry announced that on 11 January, ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' was visited by Libya′s military leader

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, who had a video conference with Russian defence minister Sergey Shoygu while on board.

Structure and Organisation

The 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (

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45782) was formed at Saki in the Crimea on 10 March 1986.Michael Holm
100 KIAP
and "Век в строю ВМФ авиация Военно-Морского Флота России (1910-2010)" by P.V. Levshov and D.E. Boltenkov; Tayfun, Saint Petersburg 2012, 768 pages. Excellent book with unit histories of every single naval aviation unit in existence between 1910 to 2010. In January 1992 its personnel refused to take the oath of loyalty to

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, which would have presumably made them part of the

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, and instead its personnel left for Russia, leaving their aircraft and equipment behind. The unit regrouped at Severomorsk-3 as part of the Northern Fleet. However, in February 1993 the regiment was disbanded and its personnel and equipment incorporated into the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment. The 279th Independent Shipborne Assault Aviation Regiment was established in 1973. In 1990 it became a Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment. On 22 February 1993 it was renamed the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment as it absorbed the remaining elements of the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Structure in 2007

This is the structure of the Russian Naval Aviation, as reproduced from the August 2007 issue of the ''

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''.Air Force Monthly 2007 Given the new data from 2015-16 about the two shipborne fighter aviation regiments above, the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment, listed at Severomorsk-3 with the MiG-29K, has been removed from the Northern Fleet listing. NAVAL HIGH COMMAND –

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* 444th Center for Combat Application

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and Re-qualification of Flying Personnel of Naval Aviation – Ostrov ** 240th Guards Composite (Instruction and Evaluation) Aviation Regiment – Ostrov -

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3, Tu-134UB-L/UB-K, Su-24M, L-39ZA,

, Il-38, Ilyushin Il-18,

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* 46th Transport Aviation Regiment of the Navy – Ostafyevo (Moscow) ** 1st Aviation Squadron – Ostafyevo (Moscow) -

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** 2nd Aviation Squadron – Ostrov -

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Air Force – HQ

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*924th Guards Maritime Missile-Carrying Aviation Regiment (''924-й ОГвМРАП'') – HQ at Olenegorsk/

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3; *279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (''279-й ОКИАП'') – HQ at Severomorsk-3 - Su-33, Su-25UTG; *73rd ASW Long Range Aviation Squadron (''73-я ОПЛАЭ ДД'') – HQ at Kipelovo (Fedotovo) -

MK, Tu-142MR; *403rd Composite Aviation Regiment (''403-й ОСАП'') – HQ at

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- Il-38,

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An-12 The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than th ...

; *830th Red Banner Shipborne ASW Helicopter Regiment (''830-й ОКПЛВП'') - HQ at

**1st and 2nd Shipborne Helicopter Squadrons -

; **3rd Assault Helicopter Squadron -

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Pacific Fleet Air Force – HQ

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*568th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment (''568-й ОГвСАП'') – HQ at Mongokhto **1st and 2nd Missile-Carrying Aviation Squadrons -

; **3rd ASW Long Range Aviation Squadron -

MR/MZ; **

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Detachment - An-12PS; *865th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''865-й ОИАП'') – HQ at

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; *317th Composite Air Regiment (''317-й ОСАП'') – HQ at Yelizovo -

; **175th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''175-я ОПЛВЭ'') – HQ at Yelizovo -

; *71st Transport Aviation Squadron (''71-я ОТРАЭ'') – HQ at Vladivostok-Kievichi Airport -

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; *289th ASW Aviation Regiment (''289-й ОСПЛАП'') – HQ at Nikolayevka - Il-38, Ka-27,

; Baltic Fleet Air Force – HQ

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*689th Fighter Aviation Regiment (''689-й ОГвИАП'') –

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- operating Su-27; *4th Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (''4-й ОГвМШАП'') – Chernyakhovsk Air Base - operating

M/MR; *125th Helicopter Squadron (''125-я ОВЭ'') – HQ at Chkalovsk - operating Mi-8, Mi-24; *396th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''396-я ОКПЛВЭ'') - Donskoye Air Base -

/PS,

; *398th Transport Aviation Squadron (''398-я ОТРАЭ'') – HQ at

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- An-2,

. Black Sea Fleet Air Arm – HQ

(status in 2010) *25th ASW Helicopter Regiment (''25-й ОКПЛВП'') - HQ at Kacha, Crimea - ~20 helicopters of types

and Mi-14 *917th Composite Aviation Regiment (917''-й ОСАП'') - HQ at Kacha, Crimea - ~10x Antonov transport aircraft of types

, An-2, 4x

; ~10x

*43rd Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (4''3-й ОМШАП'') - HQ at Gvardeyskoe, Crimea - 18x Su-24M; 4x Su-24MR; the Crimean Saki Naval Airfield portion of the regiment was decimated in a 9 August 2022 attack by Ukraine during the

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Structure after 2008–2011 reforms

The 279th separate naval fighter regiment (Murmansk Region) (4)

As a result of the

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s, the units of the Russian Naval Aviation were reorganized into 13 new Naval Air Bases. Each new naval air base consists of an HQ, support units and one or more aviation groups/wings (the former air bases). In a second stage, the air bases were merged into territorially integrated structures. Only the 279th Regiment retained its status. The planned transfer of Naval Aviation assets (Su-24, Su-27, Tu-22M3, MiG-31) to the

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has been delayed due to their importance to the service, but was finally implemented by the end of 2011. As of 2012, the only fixed wing strike and fighter aircraft of Russian Naval Aviation are the Su-33 fighters and Su-25UTG attack aircraft of the 279th Regiment (forming the Admiral Kuznetsov's carrier air wing), plus the Su-24 bombers based in the Crimea. This sole bomber unit remained part of Naval Aviation as an exception to satisfy treaty requirements governing Russian forces deployments on Ukrainian territory (these must be part of the Black Sea Fleet). Buying brand new multirole Sukhoi Su-30SM for the Black Sea Fleet to replace Su-24 was in the planning stages and it has been completed as of December 2016. Naval aviation also retains the anti-submarine aircraft of the forces (the Tu-142 and the Il-38) and the helicopter arm. Given the new data from 2015-16 from Russian sources regarding the 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment's disbandment in 1993, Air Force's Monthly's listing of both the 100th and 279th Regiments at the Severomorsk-3 NAB has been altered by removal of the 100 KIAP. Naval air bases of the Russian Naval Aviation include: Baltic Fleet air bases - HQ at Kaliningrad: * Donskoe NAB * Chernyakhovsk NAB * Chkalovsk NAB * Khabrovo NAB Black Sea Fleet air bases - HQ at Sevastopol: * Gvardiyskoye NAB * Kacha NAB * Novofedorivka NAB *

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** 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment (43rd OMShAP) (formerly at Gvardeiskoye) (Su-30SM, Su-24M/MR)

Northern Fleet Severnyy flot , image = Great emblem of the Northern Fleet.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Northern Fleet's great emblem , start_date = June 1, 1733; Sov ...

air bases - HQ at Severomorsk: * Kipelovo NAB * Olenegorsk NAB * Severomorsk-1 NAB * Severomorsk-2 NAB * Severomorsk-3 NAB ** 279th Independent Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (279th OKIAP) *

Monchegorsk Monchegorsk (russian: Мончего́рск) is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 52,242 ( 2002 Census); 68,652 ( 1989 Census). Name Th ...

NAB ** 98th Composite Aviation Regiment (98th SAP) Pacific Fleet air bases - HQ at Vladivostok: * Chkalovsk NAB ** 72nd Guards Air Base * Elizovo NAB/Yelizovo (

) ** 7060th Air Base * Kamennyy Ruchey NAB * Nikolaev NAB

Structure

The Soviet and its successor the Russian Naval Aviation follow the TOE of the Soviet (Russian Air Force respectively). This practice was formally established with Order No. 0036 of the Navy Chief-of-Staff (issued on October 7 and implemented on December 15, 1947). Therefore, it followed air force unit convention (air army (air corps) - aviation division - aviation regiment) and its personnel held air force type ranks (generals, colonels, majors etc.). A major divergence from the practice in the NATO member states and the countries, which follow US air force traditions is that the Soviet Union, its Warsaw Pact and other Socialist allies (such as Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba etc.) kept flying units and the ground support units separate (radar, signals, engineer units) subordinated separately to higher command and control level. For example, an aviation regiment and the radar and signals battalion, the air field battalion and the other support units servicing the air field reported to their air division. Another difference is that Soviet military air arms did not bring aviation units of different branches (fighter, transport, helicopter) together. The only exceptions were Mixed Aviation Regiments, (which performed liaison and transport tasks for armies, military districts etc. and had a fleet of An-24/ An-26 planes and Mi-8/ Mi-9 helicopters) or rarely air regiments, which flew one single type in different variants and tasks (for example a Tu-22 naval missile-carrying aviation regiment flying 1-2 missile-carrying aviation squadrons and a squadron of reconnaissance or EW variants). The 279th separate naval fighter regiment (Murmansk Region) (22)

The 279th separate naval fighter regiment (Murmansk Region) (22)

The

planned during the term of

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changed that. The main organizational change in the Ground Forces was the transition from a 4-level operational chain of command (Military District — Army — Division — Regiment) to a 3-level one (Military District — Operational Command (Army) — Brigade). The Air Force transitioned correspondingly to Military District — Operational Command — Air Base chain of command. The air bases combined geographically closely located flying units of various arms with ground support units. As the naval aviation followed the air force organizational practice it too adopted the air base organization. The separate air commands of the fleets (Air Force of the Northern Fleet, Air Force of the Pacific Fleet, Air Force of the Baltic Fleet and Air Force of the Black Sea Fleet) were disbanded and naval aviation assets adopted a three level operational chain of command including Military District — Fleet — Air Base. Concerning its inventory, it was decided that the naval aviation divest its heavy bombers and fighter aircraft (except for the Admiral Kuznetsov air wing), transferring them to the Air Force. The re-organization of the Air Force was later reverted on the grounds of being counter-productive. The four Air Forces and Air Defence Operational Commands (1st through 4th) were reverted to Air Forces and Air Defence Armies (6th, 14th, 11th and 4th respectively), one per military district each. With the establishment of the Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command as a ''de facto'' fifth military district a new 45th Air Forces and Air Defence Army was formed under it. Its aviation units belong to the naval aviation unlike the other four air armies, which consist of air force units. The air force also started transforming its fighter aviation from air bases into fighter aviation regiments belonging to composite aviation divisions. The naval aviation also reverted the decision to divest its fighter air arm (but not its bomber aircraft, which remain with the Air Force). MiG-31 were transferred back to the Navy and new Su-30SM heavy multirole fighters were ordered. These aircraft were grouped into fighter aviation regiments independent from the air bases. As of 2019 the naval aviation air bases consist of maritime patrol and ASW aircraft, transport aircraft, ASW helicopters, combat and assault helicopters, transport helicopters and UAVs. Naval aviation is following the air force in the resurrection of the air divisions as an operational level of command and control. It is yet undecided whether the naval aviation air bases will become air divisions, reforming their fixed wing, helicopter and UAV assets in aviation regiments and squadrons or new composite naval aviation divisions will be formed and the NAABs will be subordinated to them next to the fighter aviation regiments.

Naval aviation in 2019

Naval High Command

Naval High Command (''Главное командование Военно-Морского Флота'') —

* units directly subordinated to the NHC (''часты центрального подчинения'') ** Naval Aviation Central Signals Node (''Центральный узел связи морской авиации ВМФ'') ( Domodedovo (Moscow)) ** Naval Aviation Training Center (''Учебный центр морской авиации ВМФ'') (

) - basic theoretic training for naval aviators ** 859th Center for Naval Aviation Combat Application

and Re-qualification of Flying Personnel (''859-й Центр боевого применения и переучивания летного состава морской авиации'') ( Yeysk Airfield) - Su-33, Su-30SM, MiG-29K/KUB, Su-25UTG, L-39ZA, Il-38N, Il-20, An-140-100, An-26, Ka-27PL, Ka-28, Ka-29 **

Navy Support Aviation Squadron (''Авиационная эскадрилья поисково-спасательного обеспечения ВМФ РФ'') ( Ostafyevo (Shcherbinka) Airfield): An-12PS, An-26, An-72, An-140-100.

Northern Fleet Air Force

The Northern Fleet was subordinated to the Western Military District, but with the re-vitalization of Russia's interests in the

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it was decided to make it part of the core of a new, fifth, military district - the

Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command The Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (russian: Объединённое стратегическое командование «Северный флот»), is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its juri ...

. Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command (''Объединённое стратегическое командование «Северный флот»'') —

* Red Banner

Northern Fleet Severnyy flot , image = Great emblem of the Northern Fleet.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Northern Fleet's great emblem , start_date = June 1, 1733; Sov ...

(''Краснознамённый Северный флот'' (''КСФ'')) —

** the naval aviation assets of the Northern Fleet were used as the core for the formation of the 45th Air Forces and Air Defense Army in 2015 * 45th Air Forces and Air Defence Army (''45-я Армия ВВС и ПВО'' (''45 А ВВС и ПВО'')) —

** 100th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment (''100-й Отдельный корабельный истребительный авиационный полк'' (''100-й ОКИАП'')) ( Severomorsk-3,

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) - 2x sqns of MiG-29K/KUB ** 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment ''"Twice

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Boris Safonov"'' (''279-й Отдельный корабельный истребительный авиационный полк имени дважды Героя Советского Союза Б. Ф. Сафонова'' (''279-й ОКИАП'')) ( Severomorsk-3) - 2x sqns of

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, 1x sqn of Sukhoi Su-25UTG, 1x shorebased Sukhoi Su-30SM to be formed ** 174th Pechenga Guards Red Banner Fighter Aviation Regiment ''"Twice

Boris Safonov"'' (''174-й Отдельный гвардейский истребительный Печенгский Краснознаменный авиационный полк им. Б.Ф. Сафонова'' (''174-й ОГвИАП'')) ( Monchegorsk Airfield) - MiG-31BM (disbanded on Sept 1, 2001, re-formed in 2019, splitting from 98th Composite Aviation Regiment) ** 98th Wisla Guards Red Banner

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Composite Aviation Regiment (''98-й Отдельный гвардейский смешанный авиационный Висленский Краснознамённый, ордена Кутузова полк'' (''98-й ОГвСАП'')) ( Monchegorsk Airfield) - Su-24M/MR, Mi-24 ** 403rd Composite Aviation Regiment (''403-й ОСАП'') –

- Il-38N, Il-18, Il-20, Il-22

** 830th Red Banner Shipborne ASW Helicopter Regiment (''830-й ОКПЛВП'') – Severomorsk-1 – Ka-27, Ka-29, Ka-31 ** 7050th Kirkenes Red Banner Aviation Base (''7050-я авиационная Киркенесская Краснознамённая база'' (''7050-я АвБ МА'')) (Severomorsk-1) *** 2nd Air Group (''2-я Aвиагруппа 7050-й авиабазы'' (''2-я АГ/ 7050-й АвБ'')) ( Fedotovo (Kipelovo) Airfield) - Tu-142MR/MK *** 3rd Air Group (''3-я Aвиагруппа 7050-й авиабазы'' (''3-я АГ/ 7050-й АвБ'')) ( Ostafyevo (Shcherbinka) Airfield) - An-12, An-24, An-26,

, An-140-100

Baltic Fleet Air Force

Order of Lenin

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(''Западный военный округ'' (''ЗВО'')) —

*Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet Air Force (''Дважды Краснознамённый Балтийский флот'' (''ДКБФ'')) —

** 132nd Mixed Aviation Division (Naval Aviation) *** Division HQ *** 4th ''

Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...

Klaipėda Klaipėda (; ; german: Memel; pl, Kłajpeda; russian: Клайпеда; sgs, Klaipieda) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. The capital of the eponymous county, it is the third largest city and the only major seaport in Lithuania ...

'' Guards Red Banner Maritime Attack Aviation Regiment ''"Aviation Marshal Ivan Borzov"'' (4-й Отдельный гвардейский морской штурмовой Новгородско-Клайпедский Краснознаменный авиационный полк имени маршала авиации Ивана Борзова) ( Chernyakhovsk Air Field) - Su-30SM, Su-24M *** 689th Independent '' Sandomirskiy,

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'' Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment ''" Aviation Marshal Alexander Pokryshkin"''(''689-й Отдельный гвардейский истребительный Сандомирский ордена Александра Невского авиационный полк имени маршала авиации А.И. Покрышкина'' (''689-й ОГвИАП'')) ( Chkalovsk Air Field) - Sukhoi Su-27SM/UB, to convert to Su-35S some time after 2020. *** 72nd ''

'' Guards Red Banner ''"Aviation Marshal Ivan Borzov"'' Aviation Base (''72-я гвардейская авиационная Новгородско-Клайпедская Краснознамённая имени маршала авиации И.И. Борзова база'' (''72-я ГвАвБ МА'')) ( Chernyakhovsk Air Field) **** (Former 398th) Independent Transport Aviation Squadron (''398-я Отдельная транспортная авиационная эскадрилья'' (''398-я ОТРАЭ'')) (

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) - An-140-100, An-24, An-26 **** (Former 396th) Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''396-я Отдельная корабельная противолодочная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''396-я ОКПЛВЭ'')) ( Donskoye Air Field) - Ka-27PL/PS, Ka-29 **** (Former 125th) Independent Helicopter Squadron (''125-я Отдельная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''125-я ОВЭ'')) ( Chkalovsk Air Field) - Mi-24,

** The former German hydroplane air station in

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on the

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, which was used by the Baltic Fleet's

Beriev The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им. Г. М. Бериева, , Beriev Taganrog Aviation Scientific Technical Complex), formerly Beriev ...

amphibious planes until its abandonment in 1995 will be reconstructed to field a naval squadron of Beriev Be-200s.

Black Sea Fleet Air Arm

Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Southern Military District (''Краснознамённый ордена Суворова Южный военный округ'' (''ЮВО'')) –

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*Red Banner Black Sea Fleet Air Arm (''Краснознамённый Черноморский флот'' (''КЧФ'')) —

** 2nd Guards Naval Aviation Division *** Division HQ *** 43rd Maritime Attack Aviation Regiment (''43-й Отдельный морской штурмовой авиационный полк'' (''43-й ОМШАП'')) ( Saky Air Base) - Su-30SM, Su-24M/MR *** 318th Composite Aviation Regiment (''318-й отдельный смешанный авиационный полк'' (''318-й ОСАП'')) ( Kacha Air Base) - Tu-134UB-L,

, An-2, Ka-27, Ka-29,

*** UAV Squadron ( Khersones (air base)) Orlan-10 and

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Caspian Flotilla

Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Southern Military District (''Краснознамённый ордена Суворова Южный военный округ'' (''ЮВО'')) –

* Red Banner

Caspian Flotilla Kaspiyskaya flotiliya , image = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Great emblem of the Caspian Flotilla , dates = No ...

(Краснознамённая Каспийская флотилия (ККФ)) —

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* The Caspian Flotilla does not field organic aviation assets

Pacific Fleet Air Force

Order of Lenin, Twice warded theRed Banner and Order of Suvorov Eastern Military District (''Ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённый, ордена Суворова Восточный военный округ'') – Khabarovsk *Red Banner Pacific Fleet Aviation (''Краснознамённый Тихоокеанский флот'' (''ТОФ'')) —

**Red Banner Northeastern Group of Troops and Forces (''Войска и силы на Северо-востоке'') –

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ( rus, Петропавловск-Камчатский, a=Петропавловск-Камчатский.ogg, p=pʲɪtrɐˈpavləfsk kɐmˈtɕatskʲɪj) is a city and the administrative, industrial, scientific, and cultu ...

*** 865th ''Order of Labour Red Banner'' Fighter Aviation Regiment (''865-й Отдельный истребительный авиационный ордена Трудового Красного Знамени полк'' (''865-й ОИАП'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - MiG-31BM, Su-35 *** 317th Composite Aviation Regiment (''317-й Отдельный смешанный авиаполк'' (''317-й ОСАП'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - Il-38N, Il-22 *** 175th Shipborne ASW Helicopter Squadron (''175-я Отдельная корабельная противолодочная вертолётная эскадрилья'' (''175-я ОКПЛВЭ'')) ( Yelizovo (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky IAP)) - Ка-27 ***

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Detachment (''Отряд БПЛА'') ( Ugolny (Anadyr) Airfield) -

, Orlan-10 ** ''Primorskoye'' Combined Forces Formation (formerly Flotilla) (''Приморское объединение разнородных сил Тихоокеанского флота'') – Fokino *** 7062nd '' Port Artur Red Banner'' Naval Aviation Air Base (''7062-я Порт-Артурская Краснознаменная авиационная база морской авиации'' (''7062-я АвБ МА'')) ( Nikolayevka Primorskya (Zolotaya Dolina) Air Field) - Il-38N, Il-22, Ka-27PL/PS, Mi-8 **** Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron (''Отдельная противолодочная авиаэскадрилья'' (''ОПЛАЭ'')) (Mongohto (Sovetskaya Gavan/

Kamenny Ruchey Kamenny Ruchey (also Mongokhto, Alekseyevka, and Mongohto) (Russian: Монгохто, Каменный Ручей) is an air base in Russia located 29 km north of Sovetskaya Gavan.

) Air Field) - Tu-142M/MZ/MR **** Transport Aviation Squadron (''Отдельная транспортная авиаэскадрилья'' (''ОТРАЭ'')) (Artyom ( Vladivostok–Knevichi IAP) Airfield) - An-12PP( EW) / PS(

), An-26

Equipment

The Russian Naval Aviation maintains a large and varied fleet of fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, the most numerous of which is the

Kamov Ka-27 The Kamov Ka-27 (NATO reporting name 'Helix') is a military helicopter developed for the Soviet Navy, and currently in service in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and India. Variants include the Ka-29 a ...

anti-submarine helicopter that operates from various surface ships.

Gallery

File:The 279th separate naval fighter regiment (Murmansk Region) (1).jpg, A

taking off from '' Admiral Kuznetsov'' aircraft carrier File:Sukhoi Su-25UTG on board the Admiral Kuznetsov.jpg, A Sukhoi Su-25UTG landing on board the aircraft carrier ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' File:Return of aircraft and helicopters from the Admiral Kuznetsov to Severomorsk (7).jpg, A

Mikoyan MiG-29K The Mikoyan MiG-29K (russian: Микоян МиГ-29K; NATO reporting name: Fulcrum-D) is a Russian all-weather carrier-based multirole fighter aircraft developed by the Mikoyan Design Bureau. The MiG-29K was developed in the late 1980s from ...

returned from the ''Admiral Kuznetsov'' aircraft carrier to

. File:Russian Navy Il-38N.jpg, An Ilyushin Il-38N anti-submarine aircraft File:Ka-27 Russian Navy (17611939075).jpg, A Kamov Ka-27PL helicopter on the deck of destroyer '' Admiral Kharlamov.'' File:Storing a Russian Navy Kamov Ka-27PS (RF-34145) (2).jpg, Russian naval crewman storing a Kamov Ka-27PS into the hangar File:Storing a Russian Navy Kamov Ka-27PS (RF-34145) (1).jpg, A naval crewman inspecting a Kamov Ka-27 helicopter File:Dmitry Medvedev on the Admiral Kuznetsov-2.jpg, Russian naval crewmen lining up during a visit by

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Dmitry Medvedev

References

External links

*Butowski, Piotr. ''Force Report:Russian Air Force'',

, August 2007 issue.
''State of the Russian Air Force''
warfare.ru, Russian Military Analysis. {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017