With the German Operation Barbarossa, the entire personnel of the 220th aviation squadron went to the front.

During the war years, many of the Stavropol air squad were awarded military orders, and the pilot B.T.

Kalinkin (ru:Калинкин, Борис Тихонович) became a Hero of the Soviet Union for saving Josip Broz Tito during the siege of the Yugoslav capital Belgrade.

Sudts (SVVAULSh),[1] and 163rd Separate Training Aviation Squadron (OUAE) flying the Mil Mi-8.

The school was formed on 1 November 1969 and controlled four training aviation regiments (at Salsk, Khankala, Tikhoretsk, and Kholodnogorsk).