The Aviation Technical Museum first exhibits were aircraft which required maintenance and had been sent to Luhansk Aircraft Repair Plant. Some aircraft remained there, and subsequently were written from use and preserved for display in the museum. This Il-38 was the first production Il-38 and first flew in October 1967, conducted trials of the "Berkut" ASW complex at Kirovskoye in 1968. To the Ukrainian navy for ground instructional use by the technical school at Luhansk since 1997 and moved to the museu.