Olenja military airfield

Olenja military airfield
Characteristics
ICAO code	XLMO
Coordinates	68 ° 9 '6 "  N , 33 ° 27' 50"  E Coordinates: 68 ° 9 '6 "  N , 33 ° 27' 50"  E
Height above MSL	214 m (702  ft )
Basic data
operator	Russian Armed Forces (Northern Fleet)

The military airfield Olenja ( Russian Аэродром Оленья , ICAO code XLMO ) is a military airfield of the Russian Northern Fleet .

The airfield and the associated settlement Vysoki are located near Olenegorsk in Murmansk Oblast . It was also intended as a springboard for missions of the Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber against the United States . On April 26, 1963, Fidel Castro landed on the airfield and was greeted by Anastas Mikojan .

Incidents

On January 22, 2019, a Tupolev Tu-22M3 aircraft crashed while approaching the airport in poor weather conditions . In the crash on the runway, three out of four crew members were killed.

Troops

Troops stationed in Olenja since 1990:

• 924th Maritime Reconnaissance Regiment (Tupolev Tu-22M)
• 967th Remote Reconnaissance Regiment (Tupolev Tu-22M)
• 88th Independent Naval Fighter-Bomber Regiment (first Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27 , then Sukhoi Su-25 )
• 458th Fighter Regiment , Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-31 BM

Web links

Commons : Olenja Air Base  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airfield occupancy

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthias Uhl : War for Berlin? Soviet military and security policy in the second Berlin crisis, 1958 to 1962. Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, page 27.
2. ^ When Fidel Castro visited Murmansk
3. ↑ David Cenciotti: Horrific Video Shows Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashing In Murmansk Region Earlier This Week. In: The Aviationist. January 26, 2019. Retrieved January 28, 2019 (American English). 
4. ↑ Авиация ВМФ. www.airbase.ru, accessed January 22, 2019 (Russian).