Militärakademie für Ingenieure der Luftstreitkräfte „Prof. N. J. Schukowski“
The Academy was established in 2008 after the merger of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and the Gagarin Air Force Academy by Government Resolution on March 7, 2008. Both institutions had long histories (90 and 70 years respectively) of aerospace education and research. The Gagarin Academy specialized in preparing high-ranking commanding officers, while the Zhukovsky Academy focused on aviation engineering.