The Talgat Bigeldinov Military Institute of the Air Defence Forces (, ''Keńes Odaǵynyń eki márte Batyry T.IA.Bigeldınov atyndaǵy Áýe qorǵanys kushteriniń Áskerı ınstıtýty''; ) is a specialized military academy which helps train future servicemen of the Kazakh Air Defense Forces. Established in 1974 as the Aktobe Higher Civil Aviation School (AVLUGA), it originally served the purpose of training specialists (mainly pilots) in the field of aviation. Until 1996, the AVLUGA served under this name and was renamed after the only two-time Kazakh

Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...

Talgat Begeldinov Talgat Jakypbekuly Bigeldinov ( kk, Талғат Жақыпбекұлы Бигелдинов, russian: Талгат Якубекович Бегельдинов) was a ground-attack pilot during the Second World War and the only Kazakh who was twi ...

in July 2003. As of 2013, the institute has produced over 160 lieutenants in the air defence forces, and has trained cadets from foreign countries such as

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

and

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

.О преобразовании Актюбинского высшего летного училища гражданской авиации имени дважды Героя Советского Союза Т. Я. Бегельдинова в Актюбинское высшее военное авиационное училище имени дважды Героя Советского Союза Т. Я. Бегельдинова
�— Постановление Правительства Республики Казахстан от 4 июня 1996 года N 688

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* Educational institutions established in 1974 Military academies of Kazakhstan Air force academies Military academies of the Soviet Union Soviet Air Forces education and training {{Kazakhstan-stub