 The symbol of the town was a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, on a plinth, and the base was home to the 722nd Bomber Aviation Regiment (722 BAP) flying Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft.It was part of the 6th Air and Air Defence Forces Army during collapse of Soviet Union until towns closure.In 1994 many servicemen and pilots were resettled here from the units located previously in East Germany.