It is a small airfield 65 km south of Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) and is home to the 67th Bomber Aviation Regiment, flying Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft.

[1] According to Natural Resources Defense Council it has served as a nuclear bomber base.

A United States joint military inspection was conducted at the base on February 11, 1992, which confirmed a Su-24 presence.

Jet fighter aircraft were reported at Siversky as early as 1955.

[2] During the 1960s Siversky had as many as 77 fighter jets based at the airfield[3] while a 1967 reconnaissance mission only revealed three aircraft.