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.
On 27 March 1968, Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin met their demise in a MiG-15UTI that took off from this base but ended its journey in a crash near the town of Kirzhach.