Construction of four aircraft shelters at Kaliningrad Chkalovsk Air Base, which began in April 2026, has been completed.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of August 1, 02:28 UTC The air base housed 36 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 9 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 2 Il-78M (Midas). Today, one Tu-160M from Ukrainka Air Base was redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of July 30, 10:04 UTC The air base housed housed 10 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 36 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 2 Il-78M (Midas), and 2 An-12 (Cub). For the first time in a long while, there are ten Tu-95MS at Olenya Air Base.

Today, three Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base conducted an 11-hour training flight over the Sea of Japan. An A-50U (RF-50608, Red 43) from Vladivostok Airport, which arrived there last week, took part in the training.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of July 19, 08:29 UTC The air base housed 1 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 2 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 4 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), and 5 Su-34 (Fullback). Four Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and landed at 06:55 UTC.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of July 19, 05:10 UTC On the night of July 16, the Security Service of Ukraine destroyed a Tu-95MS strategic bomber at Engels-2 Air Base. Two Tu-95MS were at Engels Air Base for a long period of time and conducted rotations, maintenance, and training.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of July 16, 03:04 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 2 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, two Il-76MD from Dyagilevo Air Base arrived at Ukrainka Air Base.

Today, four Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base for a combat mission over the Black Sea. The four Tu-22M3 from Engels-2 Air Base took off at 15:00 UTC, then split into two groups and later regrouped.

In late June 2026, construction of another aircraft shelter began on the main apron of the airport. In the southwestern part of the aircraft plant, exterior construction of a new workshop, begun in 2024, is close to completion.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant and Dzyomgi Airport as of July 2, 02:16 UTC In May 2026, construction of four aircraft hangars began in the southwestern part of the airport.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of July 5, 10:03 UTC The air base housed housed 6 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 30 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 1 Il-78M (Midas). and 2 An-12 (Cub). At night, three Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Olenya Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base as of July 1, 07:18 UTC The air base housed 3 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 1 Il-78M (Midas), and 1 An-12 (Cub). Between June 24 and 25, three Tu-22M3 from Olenya Air Base were redeployed to Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of July 1, 02:27 UTC The air base housed 28 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 10 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 1 Il-78M (Midas). Today, eight Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base were redeployed to Olenya Air Base and Engels-2 Air Base.

Yesterday, June 27, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force conducted their 11th joint exercise over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Severomorsk-3 Naval Air Base as of June 26, 06:56 UTC At the end of 2025, a full reconstruction of the 2,500-meter runway began, which had been scheduled for 2021.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Petrozavodsk Airport as of June 25, 13:15 UTC In June 2026, construction of three aircraft hangars began in the northeastern part of Petrozavodsk Airport. In April 2026, construction of six hardened aircraft shelters began in the southwestern part of the airport.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Vladivostok Airport as of June 26, 02:40 UTC The air base housed 1 A-50U (Mainstay), 3 Tu-142M3 (Bear-F), and 2 Il-76MD (Candid). On June 23 and 24, three Tu-142M3 from Kamenny Ruchey Naval Air Base were redeployed to Vladivostok Airport.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 24, 03:03 UTC The air base housed 37 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 10 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 3 Il-78M (Midas), and 1 Tu-134UBL (Crusty-B). For the first time, Russia concentrated ten Tu-160M at Ukrainka Air Base.

Today’s high-resolution satellite imagery of the Tu-22M3 crash site on June 15.

🔻Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of June 20, 08:31 UTC and Olenya Air Base as of June 20, 09:26 UTC The Engels-2 Air Base housed 3 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 3 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 1 Il-76MD or Il-78M (Candid or Midas), and 4 Su-34 (Fullback).

Between June 16 and 17, an A-50U from Vorkuta Sovetskiy Air Base was redeployed to Olenya Air Base for joint training exercises. Between June 16 and 17, another A-50U arrived at Perm Bolshoye Savino Airport, where an A-50U was last present in May 2026.

The crash site of a Tu-22M3 that was conducting a training flight in Irkutsk Oblast yesterday, on today’s satellite imagery. The incident marks the third non-combat loss of a Tu-22M3 in three years.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇩🇿 Laghouat Moulay Ahmed Medeghri Airport as of March 24, 07:59 UTC The airport housed 4 Su-34ME (Fullback), 12 Su-24MR (Fencer-E), 1 Beechcraft King Air, and 1 Orion-E/Wing Loong 2.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Akhtubinsk Air Base as of June 10, 12:16 UTC On June 10, Russia conducted another test of the S-70 Okhotnik UCAV in conjunction with a Su-57 from Akhtubinsk Air Base.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 12, 02:30 UTC The air base housed 33 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 9 Tu-160M (Blackjack), and 4 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, one Tu-95MS from Ukrainka Air Base was redeployed to Engels-2 Air Base and later returned.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Engels-2 Air Base as of June 11, 07:55 UTC The air base housed 3 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 1 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 2 Il-76MD or Il-78M (Candid or Midas), 1 An-26 (Curl), and 1 Su-34 (Fullback).

Today, AviVector celebrates its second anniversary. We would like to thank everyone who has been with us throughout this journey. We will continue to work, grow, and do what we do best.

Russian strategic and airborne early warning aviation deployment as of June 9. The data is based on the latest available satellite imagery.

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Olenya Air Base as of June 8, 13:22 UTC The air base housed 5 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 32 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), 4 Il-78M (Midas), 1 Tu-134UBL (Crusty), 2 An-12 (Cub), and 3 MiG-31K (Foxhound).

🔻 Satellite images of 🇷🇺 Ukrainka Air Base as of June 9, 02:59 UTC The air base housed 33 Tu-95MS (Bear-H), 8 Tu-160M (Blackjack), 2 Tu-22M3 (Backfire-C), and 2 Il-78M (Midas). Yesterday, two Tu-22M3 from Belaya Air Base were redeployed to Ukrainka Air Base for the first time in a long time.