For the lake, see Umbozero Lake

Umbozero (also Umba) was a Soviet Naval Aviation and Russian Navy reserve airfield197803_VOL. 3 OF 4 VOLUMES ANNUAL INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978, CREST: CIA-RDP79T01184A000100030001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. in Murmansk Oblast, Russia located in the southwest Kola Peninsula 3 km north of Umbozero. It is now derelict with vegetation growing through the cracks between the concrete slabs and it is located 165 km southeast of Murmansk. This airfield provided 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.CABLE TO AFSSO USAFE FROM NPIC, September 9, 1963, CIA-RDP78B04558A000800090026-7, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. In summer 1967 the runway was being paved.CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC, August 1, 1967, CIA-RDP78B03817A000700030031-1, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. 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.

Umbozero South airfield A nearby airfield with a 3000 m runway, also derelict, is listed on charts as "Umbozero South", exists 16 km south of Umbozero airfield. Like Umbozero, it is totally derelict and has almost no infrastructure. It is also categorized as a naval reserve airfield.MONTHLY INDEX PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS MARCH 1987, CIA-RDP87T00758R000102160001-8, March 1, 1987, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.197803_VOL. 3 OF 4 VOLUMES ANNUAL INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPLOITATION PRODUCTS JANUARY-DECEMBER 1978, CREST: CIA-RDP79T01184A000100030001-6, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC. It was one of nine Arctic staging bases for the Tupolev Tu-22M (Backfire).STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATIONS RELATED ACTIVITIES SUMMARY REPORT (SANITIZED), June 1, 1980, CREST: CIA-RDP80T01355A000100140001-2, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.

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