Borisoglebsk Aviation Base is preparing to open a memorial in honor of graduates who became Heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation finances the restoration of Borisoglebskaya aviation base (former Borisoglebsk Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots - BVVAUL). The main project is the overhaul of the barracks, in which from 2017 senior students of the branch of the military training and scientific center (VUNC) of the air force "Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin" will live (main base in Voronezh).
In addition to restoring the infrastructure of the aviation base, there is a memorial dedicated to heroic graduates of the flight school, including cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Sergey Zalyotin, honored test pilot of the Russian Federation Sergey Bogdan, twice Heroes of the Soviet Union Vladimir Kokkinaki, Andrei Vitruk, Pavel Kamozin and other remarkable pilots
The bust of the outstanding Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov, who graduated from Borisoglebsk flight school in 1923, became the central sculpture of the new memorial in Borisoglebsk. On the pedestal is the installation of the letters of the name of the pilot.
Placards with the names of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of the Russian Federation who are graduates of a military school (flight school) are placed on the memory wall.
The final work is underway to prepare the memorial for the official opening, which will be held in Borisoglebsk (Voronezh Region) in the near future in the presence of official representatives of the main defense department, including the Directorate of the Civil Code of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.
In addition to restoring the infrastructure of the aviation base, there is a memorial dedicated to heroic graduates of the flight school, including cosmonauts Oleg Novitsky, Sergey Zalyotin, honored test pilot of the Russian Federation Sergey Bogdan, twice Heroes of the Soviet Union Vladimir Kokkinaki, Andrei Vitruk, Pavel Kamozin and other remarkable pilots
The bust of the outstanding Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov, who graduated from Borisoglebsk flight school in 1923, became the central sculpture of the new memorial in Borisoglebsk. On the pedestal is the installation of the letters of the name of the pilot.
Placards with the names of Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of the Russian Federation who are graduates of a military school (flight school) are placed on the memory wall.
The final work is underway to prepare the memorial for the official opening, which will be held in Borisoglebsk (Voronezh Region) in the near future in the presence of official representatives of the main defense department, including the Directorate of the Civil Code of the Air Force of the Russian Federation.
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