Savvatiya Air Base

Savatiya (air base)

Savatiya is a former Russian Air Force air base in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia located 29 km south of Kotlas. It is a small interceptor airfield. It was home to 445th Interceptor Aviation Regiment between 1967 and 1993, which received Tupolev Tu-128 aircraft in 1967, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 aircraft by the late 1970s, and Mikoyan MiG-31 by the 1990s. It is also listed as being home to 458th Guards Interceptor Aviation Regiment which flew MiG-31s in the 1990s.