In December 1941, the Odessa Military Aviation Pilots School was relocated to Frunze (now Bishkek), the capital of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic.

In a meeting with the Kyrgyz ambassador in 2018, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar announced that Turkey would allocate money for construction of a new building of the institute.

[9][10] On 4 February 2019, a meeting timed to coincide with the 76th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad was held at the Russian Center of Science and Culture, with guests including cadets and teachers at the institute.

[12] This plan was later scrapped in favor of sending cadets of the institute under the command of its Deputy Head, Colonel Bekkazy Tumenbaev, to Moscow to participate in the Moscow Victory Day Parade[13] During the parade, it carried the combat banner of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division.

The Military Institute has 4-year program of study with the end result being the attainment of the rank of Lieutenant (лейтенант) as well as a bachelor's degree in the following specialties:[14] In September 2013, the institute opened a class for the study of the Russian language within the framework of the Grant Agreement allocated by the Ministry of Defense of Russia.