 Pilot candidates undertake a basic and primary flying training course which includes 80 hours on the Yak-52 and is followed by 60 hours of jet conversion and advanced training on the L-39.This training is conducted at the airbase at Arzni (sometimes misidentified as Areni), a former Soviet DOSAAF base located northeast of Yerevan.In 2005, the facility also operated a single Yak-18 aerobatic trainer for drop training of paratroopers.