On 27 March 1968, Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin died in a MiG-15UTI that set off from this base, when it crashed near the town of Kirzhach.
It was on 27 March 1968 that Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin lost their lives when the MiG-15UTI they were flying crashed into the ground near the town of Kirzhach, which is located at this airbase.