After The Cold War
The 57th Maritime Missile Aviation Division of Tu-22s and electronic warfare Tu-16s from the Baltic Fleet at Bykhov, Mogilev Oblast, in the Belorussian SSR transferred to the Northern Fleet in December 1991 as the 57th Mixed Ship Aviation Division. The division commanded the 830th and 38th Shipborne Anti-Submarine Helicopter Regiments and the 279th Shipborne Fighter Aviation Regiment from Severomorsk-3 in Murmansk Oblast until disbanded on 1 May 1998. The 5th Maritime Missile Aviation Division commanding the 524th and 574th Maritime Missile Aviation Regiments. The 574th Regiment was based at Lakhta air base (Katunino), until disbanded in 2002.
The Oscar class submarine Kursk was destroyed in a torpedo accident during Fleet exercises in 2000. The submarine had been previously based at Ara Bay.
The Northern Fleet includes about two-thirds of all the Russian Navy's nuclear-powered ships. The flagship heavy nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy, is named after Peter the Great. The Fleet staged a series of major Barents Sea exercises in January 2004 involving thirteen ships and seven submarines including Pyotr Velikiy, Admiral Kuznetsov and President Vladimir Putin was aboard the Typhoon class ballistic missile submarine Arkhangelsk. The exercise was marred by two RSM-54 SLBM launch failures aboard Novomoskovsk and Karelia.
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