In close proximity to Moscow, the Kubinka facility is generally home to the best squadrons of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

[10] From 1968 to 1989 it was part of the 9th Fighter Aviation Division, stationed at Shatalovo (air base), Smolensk Oblast.

Some training aircraft from Kubinka airbase were used to simulate air combat from the Second World War during the WW2 reenactment at the tank museum.

The Kubinka airbase itself was also used as a venue for a large reenactment with aircraft and armored vehicles from the tank museum.

All three crew on board were killed, including test-pilot Nikolai Kuimov, Hero of the Russian Federation.