Monchegorsk (air base)
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monchegorsk-air-base-188-9524093
title:
Monchegorsk (air base)
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Monchegorsk Air Base is a military air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 13 km northeast of Monchegorsk and 11 miles southwest of Olenya. Work on the air base began in the early 1950s, and by 1957 it was identified on American Lockheed U-2 overflights with a modern 6600 ft runway, extensive infrastructure, and a MiG regiment. During the Cold War it hosted the 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment flying the Yak-28P during the 1960s and 1970s, then superseded by the Mikoyan MiG-31 from 198
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original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monchegorsk_(air_base)
date created:
2006-12-08T15:35:30Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T21:58:12Z
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13
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