Severomorsk-1 is a naval air base in Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast

Murmansk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in the northwestern part of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Murmansk.-Geography:...

, Russia

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 located 4 km south of Severomorsk

Severomorsk

Severomorsk is a closed town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located about north of Murmansk along the Kola Bay. Population: This is the main administrative base of the Russian Northern Fleet. Severomorsk has the largest drydock on the Kola Peninsula....

. It one of the largest airfields on the Kola Peninsula

Kola Peninsula

The Kola Peninsula is a peninsula in the far northwest of Russia. Constituting the bulk of the territory of Murmansk Oblast, it lies almost completely to the north of the Arctic Circle and is washed by the Barents Sea in the north and the White Sea in the east and southeast...

, second only to Olenya. It can accommodate over 40 bombers and a small number of fighters.

The main operating unit was 967 MRAP (967th Naval Air Reconnaissance Regiment) operating Tu-22M and Tu-16 aircraft, and 24 OPLAPDD (24th Independent Long Range Anti-Submarine Aviation Regiment) operating Il-38 aircraft.

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high-resolution images suggest a drawdown of forces on this base has taken place, with only transport aircraft on the airfield.