33rd Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Aviation VMF imeni E.N. Preobrazhenskogo

33-й центр боевой подготовки и переучивания летного состава авиации ВМФ имени Е.Н. Преображенского

Military Unit: 10758

Activated 10.6.59 in Nikolayev-Kulbakino, Nikolayev Oblast, as the 33rd Training Center for Naval Aviation, from the Nikolayev Naval Torpedo Aviation School.

Organisation 1960:

• 540th Instructor-Research Maritime Torpedo Aviation Regiment (Nikolayev-Kulbakino, Nikolayev Oblast) with Il-28 and Tu-16

• 555th Instructor-Research Helicopter Regiment (Ochakov, Nikolayev Oblast) with Mi-4M and Ka-15

1967 renamed 33rd Center for Combat Employment and Retraining of Personnel Aviation VMF imeni E.N. Preobrazhenskogo.

The 299th Instructor-Research Shipborne Aviation Regiment was part of the center between 17.9.76 and 12.88.

Organisation 1990:

• 540th Instructor-Research Maritime Missile Aviation Regiment (Nikolayev-Kulbakino, Nikolayev Oblast) with Tu-22M and Tu-16

• 555th Instructor-Research Anti-Submarine Mixed Aviation Regiment (Ochakov, Nikolayev Oblast) with Ka-27/29, Be-12 and Il-38

• 316th independent Anti-Submarine Aviation Squadron (Nikolayev-Kulbakino, Nikolayev Oblast) with Be-12

1.1.92 taken over by Ukraine.

Bases:

• Nikolayev-Kulbakino, Nikolayev Oblast, 6.59 - 1.92 [46 56 10N, 32 05 49E]

Subordinated:

• GK VMF, 6.59 - 1.92