Umbozero (air base)
- For the lake, see Umbozero Lake
Umbozero | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military | ||||||||||
| Operator | Russian Air Force | ||||||||||
| Location | Umbozero | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 518 ft / 158 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°31′0″N 034°18′36″E / 67.51667°N 34.31000°E | ||||||||||
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Umbozero (also Umba) was a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Navy reserve airfield in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located in the southwest Kola Peninsula 3 km north of Umbozero. It is now derelict with vegetation growing through the cracks between the concrete slabs and it is located 165 km southeast of Murmansk. This airfield provided 20 revetments for combat aircraft.
Umbozero was identified in the early 1960s by US reconnaissance aircraft, but only a few aircraft were observed at the airfield. In summer 1967 the runway was being paved. No regiment is believed to have been assigned permanently to the base, and as it contains almost no infrastructure it is thought to be a dispersal airfield for tactical aircraft.