Syzran Higher Military Aviation School
| Syzran Higher Military Aviation School | |
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| Current commander | Brigadier general Alexander Asanov |
The Syzran Higher Military Aviation School (Russian: Сызранское высшее военное авиационное училище лётчиков) is a military academy of the Russian Aerospace Forces, responsible for training airmen of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a branch of the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy.
History
The school originated from the Saratov Military Aviation School of Pilots (SVAShP), formed in March 1940. In 1941, after the
The school's 109th Training Aviation Regiment at Bezenchuk flying Mil Mi-2 and Mil Mi-8 helicopters was disbanded in 2003.
The school now operates the Mil Mi-2, Mil Mi-8T and Mil Mi-24V, Kazan Ansat, and the Kamov Ka-226T.[2]<
The school's units now include:
- 131st Training Aviation Regiment — Saratov-Sokol — Mi-2, Mi-8
- 484th Training Helicopter Regiment — Syzran — Mi-24
- 626th Training Helicopter Regiment — Pugachyov — Mi-2, Mi-8, Mi-24
- Branch in Kirov, Kirov Oblast
Structure
- Faculty of Aviation
- Special Faculty
- Officer Courses
Commanders
The following officers commanded the school:
- Yakov Utkin (1940–1942)
- Mikhail Odintsov (1942–1946)
- Mikhail Sitkin (1947–1953)
- Dmitri Makarov (1953–1958)
- Ivan Kulichev (June 1958 – April 1961)
- Fyodor Kisel (1961–1969)
- Valentin Aleksentsev (1970–1977)
- Aleksey Didyk (1977–1986)
- Aleksey Bazarov (1986–1999)
- Alexey Pishenin (1999–2004)
- Viktor Ukolov (2004–2009)
- Nikolai Yartsev (2009–2013)
- Alexander Asanov (2013–Present)
Notable graduates
- cosmonaut
- Minister of Defence of Abkhazia
- Ruslan Polovinko, Ukrainian–Azerbaijani helicopter pilot
- Yevgeny Karlov, Russian-born soldier during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
- Abdulla Xolmuhamedov, Commander of the Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces
- Ivan Yefimovich Zhukov, pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union
Gallery
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References
- ^ "Военный учебно-научный центр ВВС "Военно-воздушная академия" (филиал, г. Сызрань Самарской области) : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". ens.mil.ru. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ ""Фотофакт. Новые вертолёты Ансат-У и Ка-226 для ВВС России " в блоге "Фотофакты" – Сделано у нас". Сделано у нас. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014., see ru:Сызранское высшее военное авиационное училище лётчиков (военный институт)
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