Koshka Yavr | |
Type: | Military |
Operator: | Russian Air Force |
Location: | Zapolyarnyj |
Elevation-F: | 495 |
Elevation-M: | 151 |
R1-Number: | 01/19 |
R1-Length-F: | 9842 |
R1-Length-M: | 3000 |
R1-Surface: | Concrete |
Koshka Yavr is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Naval Aviation reserve airfield[1] in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 25 km southeast of Zapolyarny and 83 km west of Murmansk. It was one of nine primary Arctic staging bases for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire) bomber that was in service in the 1980s.[2]