Russian Naval Aviation
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Авиация Военно-морского флота
Aviatsiya Voenno-morskogo Flota
Russian Naval Aviation
Naval Ensign of Russia
Active since 1912
Country Russian Federation (previously the Soviet Union and Russian Empire)
Branch Russian Navy
Type Naval aviation
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lieutenant-General Yuriy Antipov
Insignia
Roundel
Air Forces of Russia

Russian Empire

Air Force (1909–1917)

Soviet Union

Red Air Force (1918–1991)

Naval Aviation (1918–1991)

Air Defense (1948–1991)

Strategic Rocket Forces (1959–1991)

Russian Federation

Air Force (1991–present)

Naval Aviation (1991–present)

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A Sukhoi Su-33 from the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment, on Admiral Kuznetsov's flight deck.
A Sukhoi Su-33 from the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment, on Admiral Kuznetsov's flight deck.

The Russian Naval Aviation (Russian: Авиация Военно-морского флота России - Aviatsiya Voenno-morskogo Flota Rossii) (formerly the Soviet Aviatsiya Voenno Morskogo Flota), is the air arm of the Russian Navy. The Russian Navy is divided into four fleets: Northern Fleet, Pacific Ocean Fleet, Baltic Fleet and Black Sea Fleet.

The air forces of the most important fleets, the Northern and Pacific fleets, operate Tu-22M3 Backfire-C supersonic missile carriers, long range Tu-142 Bear-F anti-submarine warfare aircraft and Il-38 May medium range ASW aircraft. The relatively small fleets, the Baltic and Black Sea, currently have only tactical Su-24 Fencer C/D bombers and ASW helicopters in service. The small Caspian Flotilla operates An-26 and Mi-8 transports, Ka-27PS rescue helicopters, as well as some Ka-29 and Mi-24 armed helicopters. The Chief of the Russian Naval Aviation is Lieutenant-General Yuriy Antipov.

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Components

The Russian Naval Aviation consists of the following components:[1]

  • Naval missile-carrying aviation;
  • Shore-based ASW aviation;
  • Attack (Shturmovik) Aviation;
  • Shore-based fighter aviation;
  • Reconnaissance aviation;
  • Shipborne aviation (fighters and ASW aircraft);
  • Auxiliary air units.

Structure

This is the structure of the Russian Naval Aviation, as reproduced from the August 2007 issue of the Air Forces Monthly.[2]

Northern Fleet - HQ Severomorsk

Pacific Ocean Fleet - HQ Vladivostok

  • 568th Independent Composite Aviation Regiment - HQ at Mongokhto - operating Tu-22M3, Tu-142MR/MZ;
  • 865th Interceptor Aviation Regiment - HQ at Yelizovo-Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Airport) - MiG-31;
  • 317th Composite Air Regiment - HQ at Yelizovo - Tu-142;
  • 71st Independent MIlitary Transport Air Squadron - HQ at Nikolayevka, Primorskaya - An-12, An-24, An-26;
  • 175th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron - HQ at Yelizovo - Ka-27;
  • 289th Independent Anti-submarine Air Regiment - HQ at Nikolayevka - Il-38, Ka-27, Ka-29;

Baltic Fleet - HQ Kaliningrad

Black Sea Fleet - HQ Sevastopol (Ukraine)

  • 872nd Independent Anti-submarine Helicopter Regiment - HQ at Kacha - Ka-27;
  • 917th Independent Composite Air Regiment - HQ at Kacha - An-2, An-12, An-26, Be-12, Mi-8;
  • 43rd Independent Naval Shturmovik (Assault) Air Squadron - HQ at Gvardeyskoye - Su-25;

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft Origin Type Versions In service[3] Notes
Fighter Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker  Soviet Union fighter Su-27 28
Sukhoi Su-33 Flanker-D  Soviet Union fighter Su-33 23 designed for service on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov[2]
Mikoyan MiG-31 Foxhound  Soviet Union interceptor MiG-31 30
Bomber Aircraft
Sukhoi Su-24 Fencer  Soviet Union attack Su-24M 58 planned modernization to reach M2 level.
Su-25 Frogfoot  Soviet Union attack Su-25UTG 10 used for training pilots to fly the Su-33 fighter.[4]
Tupolev Tu-22M Backfire  Soviet Union strategic bomber Tu-22M3 50 35 operational with the Northern Fleet and 15 operational with the Pacific Fleet.[1]
ASW Aircraft
Tupolev Tu-142 Bear-F  Soviet Union long range ASW Tu-142MK/MZ 16 8 MKs in the Northern Fleet and 8 MZs in the Pacific Fleet.[4]
Il-38 May  Soviet Union medium range ASW Il-38 26 11 in service with the Northern Fleet, 15 with the Pacific Fleet.[5]
Reconnaissance
Sukhoi Su-24MR Fencer  Soviet Union reconnaissance Su-24MR 20
Attack Helicopter
Mil Mi-24 Hind  Soviet Union attack helicopter Mi-24 20
Transport Helicopter
Mil Mi-8 Hip  Soviet Union transport helicopter Mi-8 35
ASW Helicopter
Kamov Ka-27 Helix  Soviet Union ASW helicopter Ka-27/29/32 88 72 used for ASW, while the rest of 16 used for transport.[6]
Mil Mi-14 Haze  Soviet Union ASW Helicopter Mi-14 9 5 used for search-and-rescue, while the other 4 are used for ASW.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Air Forces Monthly, p. 65
  2. ^ a b Air Forces Monthly, p. 70
  3. ^ State of the Russian Air Force, warfare.ru. Retrieved on September 9, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Air Forces Monthly, p. 68
  5. ^ Air Forces Monthly, p. 69
  6. ^ Ka-27/29/32 Helix Naval helicopter, warfare.ru. Retrieved on September 9, 2008.
  7. ^ Mil Mi-14 Haze, warfare.ru. Retrieved on September 9, 2008.

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