The base is home to the
175th Independent Shipborne Anti-submarine Helicopter Squadron,
317th Independent Composite Antisubmarine Aviation Regiment,
Independent Unmanned Aerial vehicle Squadron and the
865th Fighter Aviation Regiment which are all part of the
7060th Order of Labour Red Banner Naval Aviation Air Base. The 888th Fighter Aviation Regiment was formed from March 1942. It was deployed in
Yelizovo and
Ozerny until October 1945 flying the
Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft. After the war, it flew to the Baikovo airfield (formerly Japanese Kataoka) in the
Kuriles. The regiment was disbanded as a result of reductions in the
Soviet Armed Forces in 1958. The
865th Fighter Aviation Regiment (865 IAP) was activated as an Assault Aviation regiment in 1939. After two redesignations, it was renamed the 410th Assault Aviation Regiment in October 1944. It has been located at the base since 1945. In April 1949, it was renamed again as the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment, and was later transferred to the
Soviet Air Defence Forces, and renamed the 865th Fighter Aviation Regiment PVO. From April 1986, it was assigned to the 6th Air Defence Division,
11th Independent Air Defence Army, PVO, until its reassignment to the
Soviet Pacific Fleet. On 1 July 1998, it was transferred to the
Russian Pacific Fleet. It was equipped with
Sukhoi Su-15s from 1974 to 1985, and was reequipped with
Mikoyan MiG-31s in 1985. In November 1961, the
317th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment (317 OSAP) of the Pacific Fleet was established to be a headquarters for an independent long-range reconnaissance aviation squadron flying
Tupolev Tu-16Rs; an independent anti-submarine aviation squadron equipped with
Beriev Be-6s; and an anti-submarine helicopter squadron with
Mil Mi-4M "Hounds". In 1969
Beriev Be-12 aircraft arrived to replace the earlier maritime aircraft. In 1989 the three squadrons were renumbered as the 1st to 3rd Squadrons of the 317th Independent Mixed Aviation Regiment. The Tu-16Rs left service in 1993. Naval operations have also taken place here with
Tupolev Tu-95MS aircraft with unidentified units. As recently as 2024, Google Maps
satellite imagery showed several dozen MiG-31 aircraft dispersed throughout the airfield, and a large number of turboprop transports and helicopters.
Airliner World ran a feature in their August 2008 issue on 'Aviation in Kamchatka,' leading with descriptions of Elizovo. It confirmed the basing of 865 IAP and 317 OSAP, and commented 'the numbers of local military aircraft in open storage do catch the eye'...'difficult to assess whether the aircraft are active or not.' One photo showed a total of eleven MiG-31s parked closely together in two groups directly in front of two
hardened aircraft shelters built into the hillside. ==Runway reconstruction==