AGP 6950th AFB, [Olenya AFB]

Russia / Murmansk / Olenegorsk /
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Formerly the 924th Separate Maritime Recon. Aviation Missile Regiment (Olenegorsk)
later became the 7051st. Air Force Brigade (Navy) by 2010
only to be transferred to the Air Force (Guards Patrol) 6950th AFB in 2011
CO : Guard Colonel Nikolai Knyazev (in 2008)

Order of Battle

924 MRAP (924th Naval Reconnaissance Air Regiment),
Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft
967 ODRAP (967th Long Range Air Reconnaissance Regiment),
Tupolev Tu-22M aircraft
88 OMAPIB (88th Separate Fighter Bomber Regiment),
MiG-27 aircraft
OGA (Arctic Control Group),
maintaining standby facilities for Tupolev Tu-95 bomber aircraft
458th IAP, MIG-31BM

Armament: x26 Tu22 M3 long range bombers & x10 MR (var.)

The Tupolev Tu-22M (Туполев Ту-22М) (NATO reporting name: "Backfire") is a supersonic, swing-wing, long-range strategic and maritime strike bomber developed by the Soviet Union. Significant numbers remain in service with the Russian Air Force.
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