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The Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy is a Russian military institution of higher education run by the
Ministry of Defence. The full name is Russian Air Force
Military Educational and Scientific Center
A Military Educational and Scientific Center (MESC) (russian: Военный учебно-научный центр - ВУНЦ) is a type of military institution in the Russian Armed Forces. The institutions were established in the 2000s to amalg ...
Air Force Academy Professor
N.E. Zhukovsky and Major
Y.A. Gagarin.
History
Foundation
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. The Gagarin Academy specialized in preparing high-ranking commanding officers, while the Zhukovsky Academy focused on aviation engineering. The number of military and civilian personnel in the new academy was limited to 4,614 and both campuses were retained (Zhukovsky in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
and Gagarin in
Monino
Monino (russian: Мо́нино) is an urban locality (a work settlement) in Shchyolkovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located east of Moscow. Population:
History
Monino was founded in the Muninskaya Wasteland (russian: Мунинс ...
, east of Moscow), but it was envisioned that the new Academy would fully relocate to Monino by the end of 2011.
In 2008-2009, when the Ministry of Defence continued the process of consolidation of its training and research institutions, six other military schools were named affiliated (separate organizational units) entities and later subsidiaries of the academy:
* (named after twice Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot-cosmonaut
V. M. Komarov)
* (named after Hero of the Soviet Union
A. K. Serov)
*
Syzran Higher Military Aviation School
*
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The total number of employees (military and civilian personnel) of the academy (with subsidiaries) was set at 37,481 people.
The academy offered programs in a variety of fields:
* Command and control of military units and formations
* The study of natural resources by means of aerospace
* Electronics and automation of physical facilities
* Robotic systems of aircraft weapons
* Technical maintenance of aircraft and engines
* Technical maintenance of aircraft electrical systems and flight control and navigation systems
* Technical maintenance of the mobile radio equipment
* Metrology and metrological support
* Means of electronic warfare
* The software of computers and automated systems
Planned merger
Order of the Russian Minister of Defence on 12 July 2011, a decision was made to reform the academy. It directed to transfer within 45 days (until September 1, 2011), "the preparation of students from the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy (Moscow and Monino) to the Military Aviation Engineering University" located in
Voronezh
Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on ...
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The same order liquidated subsidiaries of the academy in the cities of
Yeysk
Yeysk (russian: Ейск) is a port and a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf of the Sea of Azov. The town is built primarily on the Yeysk Spit, which separates the Yeya River from the Sea of Azo ...
(
Krasnodar Krai
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),
Saint Petersburg
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and
Chelyabinsk
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.
De jure, the order has not eliminated Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy. However, it happened de facto, since the educational activities were the main purpose of the academy,
and the transfer of preparation of students to the Military Aviation Engineering University (Voronezh) in practice meant an end to the existence of the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy.
The vast majority of the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy faculty did not move to Voronezh. More than fifteen hundred people were laid off in Monino. Order of the Ministry of Defence has caused fierce criticism from the scientific and pedagogical community of the academy. Exponent of this position is the head of the working group of the Academic Council of the academy Ivan Naidenov (Lieutenant General of aviation, retired, a former deputy chief of the Gagarin Academy for Education and Science, Doctor of Military Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of Russia, and earlier - Head of the Russian Air Force Research Center for the Command and Control Systems (
:ru:Научно-исследовательский центр систем управления ВВС) a part of the
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The need for reorganization of the Russian Air Force research and educational institutions has been realized at all levels of military establishment since the late 1980s. Options discussed included the reorganization and different forms of association of Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and Gagarin Air Force Academy, and sometimes
30th Central Scientific Research Institute. The criteria for the effectiveness of the reforms were not only the reductions in personnel and budget, but also sustainment of the scientific and pedagogical potential of research and educational institutions. According to Ivan Naidenov, the reform of 2011 resulted in almost complete loss of the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy potential, and restoration of the lost positions in the Military Aviation Engineering University (Voronezh) will take at least 10 – 15 years.
At the end of September 2011, when implementation of the Defence Ministry Order N 1136 was in full swing (academy equipment was transported to Voronezh, employees at the academy in Monino were laid off),
Government Resolution of September 27, 2011 № 1639-r was issued. This resolution ordered the creation of Federal State Governmental military educational institution of higher education Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy of the Defense Ministry "by changing the type of the existing" federal state of military educational institutions of higher education Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy, while maintaining its main purpose of activity and total number of full-time employees. Moscow and Monino were assigned as the locations of the academy. At the time of this writing (February 2012), reliable sources of information on the implementation of the RF Government Resolution on September 27, 2011 № 1639-r were not available. This decree, while designating it as a ''Military Educational and Scientific Centre'', ended the planned merger between the two institutions, saving the academy for good.
Structure
Faculties and branches
*Command
*Faculty of Aviation Support
*Hydrometeorological Faculty
*Faculty of Aerodrome Technical Support of Aviation
*Faculty of Engineering and Airfield Support
*Faculty of Unmanned Aircraft
*Faculty of Electronic Warfare (and Information Security)
*Faculty of Aircraft
*Faculty of Aviation Arms
*Faculty of Aviation Equipment
*Faculty of Aviation Radioelectronic Equipment
*Faculty of Radio Engineering
*Faculty of Aviation Communications
*Faculty of Retraining and Continuing Education
*Special Faculty
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Syzran Higher Military Aviation School (branch of the Academy)
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(branch of the Academy)
**Navigator Training Faculty
**Faculty of Combat Aviation and Air Traffic Control
Academy band
The history of the cadet band began in 1936, when the Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation School of Navigators was created. Major I. Vasilyev was its first director and laid the glorious traditions of performing art and musical culture. The band is a laureate of more than one competition of
military band
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s of the
Volga-Ural Military District
Idel-Ural ( tt-Cyrl, Идел-Урал, translit=Idel-Üral, russian: Идель-Урал), literally Volga-Ural, is a historical region in Eastern Europe, in what is today Russia. The name literally means ''Volga-Urals'' in the Tatar language. T ...
. As part of the consolidated band of the
Central Military District
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It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the ...
, as part of the festival of military bands, it is included in the
Guinness Book of Records as a member of the largest orchestra performing the
FIFA Anthem
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. The band takes part in all the ceremonies and
military parades
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held in the city of
Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...
, dedicated to the Victory in the
Great Patriotic War
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See also
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United States Air Force Academy
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Royal Canadian Air Force Academy
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École de l'air
École may refer to:
* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
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PLA Air Force Aviation University
The People's Liberation Army Air Force Aviation University () is a military university in Changchun, Jilin, China.
As of fall 2014, the university has 7 campuses, consists of 7 departments, covers a total area of 36,000 mu, with more than 19 ...
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Royal Air Force College
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Gagarin Air Force Academy
Gagarin Air Force Academy () is a Russian military aviation academy located in Monino, Moscow Oblast.
The academy prepares high-ranking military personnel for the Russian Air Force.
Among the academy alumni are around 700 Heroes of the Soviet ...
*
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy () – is a higher military educational institution for training and retraining of engineers for the Russian Air Force.
The academy trains specialists – engineers, research engineers in the following sp ...
References
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Air force academies
Military academies of Russia
Military education and training in Russia
Military academies of the Soviet Union
Soviet Air Forces education and training