4th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VVS

4-й Центр боевого применения и переучивания лётного состава ВВС

Military Unit: 00000

Activated 19.4.53 in Tambov, Tambov Oblast, as the 4th Center for Combat Employment VVS.

Organisation 1953:

• 91st Research Fighter Aviation Regiment (Tambov, Tambov Oblast)

• 455th Research Bomber Aviation Regiment (Tambov, Tambov Oblast)

Training Division formed in 1960, and the center was now renamed 4th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Crews VVS.

Organisation 1960:

• 91st Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

• 455th Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment (Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast)

• 760th Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

Organisation 1990:

• 91st Research-Instructor Fighter Aviation Regiment (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

• 455th Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment (Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast)

• 760th Research-Instructor Fighter-Bomber Aviation Regiment (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

1997 renamed 4th order of Lenin Red Banner Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Crews VVS imeni Valeriy Pavlovich Chkalov.

Organisation 2000:

• 968th Research-Instructor Mixed Aviation Regiment (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

• 4020th Aircraft Reserve Base (Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast)

Center for combat research, training and development of new methods of combat employment, with various platforms and attack weapons.

Today also covers helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Bases:

• Tambov, Tambov Oblast, 5.53 - 7.54 [52 42 11N, 41 22 40E]

• Voronezh, Voronezh Oblast, 7.54 - 1960 [51 37 12N, 39 08 33E]

• Lipetsk, Lipetsk Oblast, 1960 - today [52 38 23N, 39 26 56E]

Subordinated:

• VVS Moscow Military District, 1953 - today