- For the lake, see Umbozero Lake
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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) is a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Navy reserve airfield[1] in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located in the southwest Kola Peninsula 3 km north of Umbozero. It is located 165 km southeast of Murmansk. This airfield provides 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.[2] In summer 1967 the runway was being paved.[3] 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.
- ^ 197803_VOL. 3 OF 4 VOLUMES ANNUAL INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978, CREST: CIA-RDP79T01184A000100030001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ CABLE TO AFSSO USAFE FROM NPIC, September 9, 1963, CIA-RDP78B04558A000800090026-7, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
- ^ CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC, August 1, 1967, CIA-RDP78B03817A000700030031-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.