 In 1955, the unit based at the aerodrome (established on March 17, 1944) was reorganized into the 101st Separate test aviation squadron (military unit 54817).Until 1998, the 343rd instructor fighter air regiment was stationed at the airfield (Su-17, MiG-23, MiG-29 aircraft).On July 1, 1993, the 395th separate air fighter squadron for the radiation, chemical and biological defense was established at the airfield based on merging of the 101st Separate Test Aviation Squadron (101st separate air fighter squadron) and the 220th (separate air fighter squadron) relocated from Aralsk (Kazakhstan).