Syzran Higher Military Aviation School
Russian: Сызранское высшее военное авиационное училище лётчиков
Great emblem of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School
Active	from March 1940
Country	Russia Soviet Union
Type	Military academy
Part of	Russian Armed Forces Soviet Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	1, Zhukov st., Syzran, Samara Oblast
Nickname(s)	SVVAUL
Engagements	Soviet–Afghan War First Chechen War Russo-Georgian War Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Website	www.svvaul.ru
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier general Alexander Asanov

The Syzran Higher Military Aviation School (Russian: Сызранское высшее военное авиационное училище лётчиков) is a military academy of the Russian Aerospace Forces, responsible for training airmen of the Russian Armed Forces. It is a branch of the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy.

History

The school originated from the Saratov Military Aviation School of Pilots (SVAShP), formed in March 1940. In 1941, after the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, the pilot school was transformed into a glider school. After the war, the school was transferred to Pugachyov in Saratov Oblast and was renamed the Airborne Glider School. In 1952, the school received the name of the 160th Military School of Pilots and from 1953 passed to the development of a fundamentally new aircraft technology - helicopters. Since 1960 the school has been located in Syzran, Samara Oblast, and from 1963 was named Syzran Military Aviation School for pilots. In 1966 the school was transferred to the status of a higher school. In 1998, the school was reorganized into the Syzran Military Aviation Institute. Graduates of the school have taken part in the United Nations peacekeeping operations in Vietnam, Angola, Tajikistan, UNPROFOR in Yugoslavia, UNAMSIL in Sierra Leone, Sudan and other countries.^[1]