610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA im. Marshal of Aviation N.S. Skripko
610-й Центр боевого применения и переучивания лётного состава ВТА им. маршала авиации Н.С. Скрипко
Military Unit: 06976
Activated 8.71 as the 25th Central Officers Course [25th TSOK] in Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast.
Activated unofficially 12.67 in Sescha, Bryansk Oblast, as a Central Course on An-12, and 10.68 transferred to Ivanovo.
1.1.74 renamed 610th Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel VTA.
Organisation 1975:
374th Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast)
The 374th Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Regiment was disbanded in 1979, and was replaced by two instructor squadrons.
Organisation 1980:
1st Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with 12 Il-76
2nd Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with 16 An-12
Organisation 1990:
1st Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with Il-76
2nd Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with Il-76
3rd Research Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with Il-76
Organisation 1995:
517th Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Regiment (Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast) with 28 Il-76
6.5.95 named Marshal of Aviation N.S. Skripko.
Organisation 2000:
1st Instructor Military-Transport Aviation Squadron with Il-76
Center for research, training and development of new methods of transport employment, with various platforms and associated equipment.
Bases:
Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, 1974 - today [57 03 25N, 40 58 51E]
Subordinated:
HQ VTA, 1.74 - 1998
61st Air Army, 1998 - today