A squadron of modernized Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-31BM supersonic interceptors is being deployed on the Kamchatka Peninsula, at the easternmost point of Russia bordering the Pacific Ocean. It will be tasked with controlling the airspace in an increasingly contested region.
The aircraft will be integrated into the 317th Mixed Aviation Regiment of the Pacific Fleet and will operate from the Yelizovo Air Base (PKC) situated along the southern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Activated in 1960, the 317th Mixed Aviation Regiment regroups various aircraft ranging from tactical transport planes, maritime patrol planes, to helicopters and already twelve Mikoyan MiG-31BS. Kamchatka also houses the nuclear capabilities of the Russian Pacific Fleet.Read More…
