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Monchegorsk

Monchegorsk is a town in Murmansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Kola Peninsula, south of Murmansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 52,242 ( 2002 Census); 68,652 ( 1989 Census).

Monchegorsk (air base)

Monchegorsk Air Base is a military air base in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located 13 km northeast of Monchegorsk and 11 miles southwest of Olenya.

It hosted the 174th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (174 Gv IAP) flying MiG-25PDS aircraft in the 1980s and MiG-31 interceptors in the 1990s. It also hosted a reconnaissance regiment, the 98 ORAP (98th Separate Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment) flying MiG-25RB, Su-17, Su-24MR, and MiG-31 aircraft.

For much of the Cold War fighter regiments at the base were under control of Air Defence Corps of the 10th Air Defence Army.

The base is home to the 98th Guards Composite Aviation Regiment which uses the Sukhoi Su-24M/MR, Mikoyan MiG-31BM & Mil Mi-8MTV.