The School prepares
military pilots for the
Russian Aerospace Forces. It was founded in 1938 in
Chita. In 1939, it was relocated in
Bataysk and was given the name of
Anatoly Serov. Some of its graduates were sent to form the
120th Fighter Aviation Regiment in 1940. The School was relocated to
Krasnodar in 1960. In 1998, it was renamed the Krasnodar military aviation institute. By Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of May 10, 2001, by Order of the Minister of Defence of Russia No. 278 of June 23, 2001, the Armavir and Balashov Military Institutes were annexed to the Krasnodar Military Aviation Institute. From that moment on, flight training began to be carried out at the airfields
Kushchevskaya,
Kotelnikovo,
Tikhoretsk, as well as in three aviation training centers: • Armavir Center (
Armavir,
Maykop) - date of foundation: February 23, 1941. • Borisoglebsk Center (
Borisoglebsk,
Michurinsk) - date of foundation: January 5, 1923. • Balashov Center (
Balashov,
Rtishchevo) - date of foundation: July 15, 1944. On July 9, 2004, by Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 937-R, the institute was renamed the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (military institute) named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov. During the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Russian aviation and the Kachinsky School in November 2010, the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation issued an order to rename the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots into the Kachinsky branch of the VUNTS Air Force, but in practice the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School was not renamed Kachinsky. On April 23, 2012, in accordance with the directive of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation dated January 29 and the instructions of the General Staff
Russian Armed Forces, the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots (military institute) named after Hero of the Soviet Union A.K. Serov was renamed the Military Educational and Scientific Institute Air Force Center "Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin" (branch in Krasnodar), abbreviated as a branch of the VUNTS Air Force "VVA" (Krasnodar). In November 2012, the Armavir, Borisoglebsk and Balashovsky aviation training centers were disbanded and the Flight Training Center (TsLP VUNTS VVVV "VVA") was formed, which included all the training aviation regiments (bases) of the Russian Air Force. On August 1, 2015, the Flight Training Center (TsLP VUNTS VVVS VVA) was disbanded, and the branch VUNTS VVVV VVS (Krasnodar) was withdrawn from the VUNTS VVVV VVA named after. N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin" and was transformed into the Krasnodar Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots named after Hero of the Soviet Union A. K. Serov. Since 2011, the school began receiving
Yak-130 aircraft for training cadets, and by the end of 2016, more than 70 combat training aircraft of this type had been received. The main fleet consisted of
L-39,
L-410,
An-26,
MiG-29,
Su-27, and
Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft. In 2017, the first intake of female cadets at the school took place, and the first graduation with the participation of female recruits took place in autumn 2022. Flight training is carried out at the airfields
Kushchevskaya,
Kotelnikovo,
Tikhoretsk, •
Armavir (air base) (713th Training Aviation Regiment), •
Khanskaya (air base) near
Maykop (
761st Training Aviation Regiment) •
Borisoglebsk (air base) (160th Training Aviation Regiment), •
Michurinsk (air base), •
Balashov (air base),
Saratov Oblast (606th Training Aviation Regiment) •
Rtishchevo, Saratov Oblast (666th Training Aviation Regiment) ==Alumni==