 By 1914, Bronnitsy hospital acquired an X-ray machine, one of the first in the region.According to Bronnitsy Museum staff, in 1914 the "Fifth Air Company of Bronnitsy" operated from a military airfield near the town; local pilot Konstantin Savitsky, distantly related to the Pushkin family, and lieutenant Mikhail Lyaschenko were killed there in an accident in April 1914.In November 1914, the company left Bronnitsy; a different air wing was based there from 1917 to 1919.