Voroshilovgrad Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators im. Proletariat Donbass (VVVAUSh)

Ворошиловградское высшее военное авиационное училище штурманов им. Пролетариата Донбасса (ВВВАУШ)

Military Unit: 26003

Activated 16.10.30 in Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast, as the 11th Military School of Pilots.

1932 renamed Voroshilovgrad Military School of Pilots.

16.1.34 named "imeni Proletariat Donbass".

1938 renamed Voroshilovgrad Military Aviation School of Pilots imeni Proletariat Donbass.

1950's controlled at least three (1st to 3rd) Training Aviation Regiments.

1967 renamed Voroshilovgrad Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators imeni Proletariat Donbass.

Organisation 1970:

• 46th Training Aviation Regiment (Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast) with Tu-124
• 130th Training Aviation Regiment (Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast) with Be-12

In 9.71 the 163rd Training Aviation Regiment was activated.

Organisation 1975:

• 46th Training Aviation Regiment (Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast) with Tu-124
• 130th Training Aviation Regiment (Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast) with An-12BK
• 163rd Training Aviation Regiment (Berdyansk, Zaporoshye Oblast) with Be-12

In 3.77 the 228th Training Aviation Regiment was activated.

In 12.77 the 163rd Training Aviation Regiment was disbanded.

Organisation 1980:

• 46th Training Aviation Regiment (Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast) with Tu-134
• 130th Training Aviation Regiment (Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast) with An-12BK and Be-12
• 228th Training Aviation Regiment (Bagerovo, Krymskaya Oblast) with L-29 and MiG-21

Organisation 1988:

• 46th Training Aviation Regiment (Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast) with An-26
• 130th Training Aviation Regiment (Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast) with An-12BK
• 228th Training Aviation Regiment (Bagerovo, Krymskaya Oblast) with L-29 and MiG-21

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine - disbanded 1995.

Lugansk was known as Voroshilovgrad before 1958, and from 1970 to 1990.

Bases:

• Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast, 1930 - 1941
• ? (evacuated), 1941 - 1944
• Voroshilovgrad (Lugansk), Voroshilovgrad Oblast, 1944 - 1995 [48 31 35N, 39 22 26E]

Subordination:

• RKKA, 1930 - 1946
• Kiev Military District, 1946 - 1960
• 69th Air Army, 1960 - 4.64
• VVS Kiev Military District, 4.64 - 4.68
• 17th Air Army, 4.68 - 6.80
• VVS Kiev Military District, 6.80 - 5.88
• 17th Air Army, 5.88 - 1.92