Zernograd (airfield)

Since July 1941, in accordance with the resolution of the USSR State Defense Committee, the Chernihiv school of pilots was relocated to Zernograd. In accordance with the order of the Commander of the North Caucasus Military District of July 17, 1941, the Fastov aviation school of pilots of the 2 nd squadron crew working on I-16 aircraft was merged. The school became a seven-squadron squadron and received the new name "Zernogradsk Military Aviation Pilot School." The head of the Fastov aviation school, the commander of the crew, Medyansky Mikhail Sergeevich, took command of Zernogradsk. One of the trained pilots was the future Hero of the Soviet Union, Alexei Petrovich Maresyev . The name “Zernogradskaya” remained until November 19, 1941, until the entry into force of the order of the USSR NPO dated October 21, 1941 “On the abolition of the names of military schools of the Red Army assigned to the points of their redeployment”.

In November 1941, the 651st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the State 015/174 began to form on the I-15bis aircraft . The flight crew was staffed at the expense of Zernogradsk VASHP, the technical staff arrived from Odessa VASHP. After forming the regiment relocated at Stalingrad ^[1] .

Since the beginning of the 70s of the 20th century, the 106th Aviation Aviation Training Center based at the Eisk Higher Military Aviation School has been based on the airfield. For flight training aircraft were used L-29 and L-39 . In 1993, the regiment was disbanded ^[2] .

In June 1993, the 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Nikopol Red Banner, Order of Suvorov regiment named after Hero of the Soviet Union N. E. Glazov on the MiG-29 aircraft was transferred to the airfield from the Western Group of Forces . In 2009, the regiment disbanded at the airfield ^{[3] [4]} .

On July 1, 1994, the 33rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was redeployed to the airfield and disbanded. The battle flag of the regiment was transferred to the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on April 18, 1994 ^[5] .

From December 1, 2015, the 16th Army Aviation Brigade on Mi-8, Mi-26, Mi-28N, Mi-35, Ka-52 helicopters based at Rostov-on-Don is based at the aerodrome.

• In mid-August 1970, the crash of the L-29 aircraft of the Eisk VVAUL airfield at the Zernograd airfield. The crew was composed of a first-year cadet Ivanov and an instructor pilot Captain Shapoval V. The cadet performed a test flight before an independent flight to the complex aerobatics. When performing the second half of the loop of Nesterov in a position close to the vertical, a control failure occurred. Pilot instructor began the output in the GP using the elevator trimmer. The cadet was given a command to eject, which he executed immediately. It was not possible to withdraw from the decline, the plane collided with the ground 300 meters from the Khleborobnoye, pilot-instructor died. The reason is a design-production flaw, expressed in the fact that during operation, the flanging of the electric cable passing through the cabin compartment and touching the elevator thrust weakened, which provoked a short circuit of kerosene condensate. There were no fire alarm sensors in that place. The crew continued to perform the task on a burning plane until the elevator thrust burned out. Pilot-instructor attempted ejection did not take. In the PL investigation commission, it was suggested that he would take the aircraft from the settlement to the very collision with the ground. After that, the LP branch pipe of the TB prompting system was brought out and modified the electrical wiring system. The name of the pilot-instructor to-on Shapoval V. named school in with. Khleborobnoye Zernogradsky district of Rostov region.

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