Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy () – is a higher military educational institution for training and retraining of engineers for the

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. The academy trains specialists – engineers, research engineers in the following specialties: * Technical maintenance of aircraft and engines * Robotic aircraft armament system * Electronics and automation of physical systems * Technical maintenance of aircraft electrical systems and flight control and navigation systems * Software of computers and automated systems * Metrology and metrological support * Technical operation of the transport of radio equipment * Electronic warfare * The study of natural resources by means of aerospace

Organizational structure

The academy has the main campus in

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, and training centers in

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and Kashira.

Faculties and schools

* No. 1 – aircraft * No. 2 – aircraft armament * No. 3 – aircraft equipment * No. 4 – aviation electronic equipment * No. 5 – training of foreign specialists * No. 6 – basic training

History

Through its 90-year history the academy has undergone many reorganizations and name changes. The list below is not complete.

The Moscow Aviation College

The academy traces its history back to the Moscow Aviation College which was created on the initiative of Professor Zhukovsky in 1919.

Institute of Engineers of the Red Air Fleet

On 26 September 1920 the Revolutionary Military Council has issued an order number 1946, which reorganized The Moscow Aviation College into the Zhukovsky Red Air Fleet Institute of Engineers.

Air Force Academy named after Zhukovsky

On September 9, 1922, the academy was renamed into Air Force Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky. In the summer of 1923, the academy moved to the

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. In March 1940 the command, navigator, operational departments were separated into a new

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. Since 1940, the academy has prepared only the engineering staff for the Air Force.

Recent developments

In 2008, the academy was amalgamated with the

to form a joint

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. The full name of the new academy is Russian Air Force

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“Air Force Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and Y.A. Gagarin”. For further history of the academy see the article on the

Chiefs of the academy

The following have served as chiefs of the academy: * 1922—1923 — Alexander Vegener russian: :ru:Вегенер, Александр Николаевич * 1924—1925 —

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* 1925—1927 —

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russian: :ru:Лазаревич, Владимир Саламанович * 1927—1933 — Sergey Horkov russian: :ru:Хорьков, Сергей Григорьевич * 1934—1936 —

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* 1936—1940 — Zinoviy Pomerantsev russian: :ru:Померанцев, Зиновий Максимович * 1940—1941 — Nikolay Sokolov-Sokolenok russian: :ru:Соколов-Соколёнок, Николай Александрович * 1941—1942 — Stepan Hadeev russian: :ru:Хадеев, Степан Петрович * 1942—1947 — Nikolay Sokolov-Sokolenok russian: :ru:Соколов-Соколёнок, Николай Александрович * 1947—1969 — Vladimir Volkov russian: Волков, Владимир Иванович * 1969—1973 — Nikolay Fedayev russian: :ru:Федяев, Николай Максимович * 1973—1986 — Vasiliy Filippov russian: :ru:Филиппов, Василий Васильевич * 1986—1992 — Vitaliy Kremlev russian: :ru:Кремлёв, Виталий Яковлевич * 1992—2002 —

Vladimir Kovalyonok Vladimir Vasiliyevich Kovalyonok ( be, Уладзі́мір Васі́льевіч Кавалёнак; russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ковалёнок; born 3 March 1942 in Beloye, Minsk Oblast, Belorussian SSR) is a ret ...

* с 2002 — Anatoly Maksimov russian: :ru:Максимов, Анатолий Николаевич

Notable faculty

Irina Grekova Elena Sergeevna Ventsel (russian: Еле́на Серге́евна Ве́нтцель; maiden name Dolgintseva, 21 March 1907, Reval — 15 April 2002, Moscow), known by the pen name Irina Grekova (often shortened to I. Grekova, this pen name is ...

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Notable graduates

Among the academy graduates 865 were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, 61 twice, and Air Marshal

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, the first woman-cosmonaut

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, the first man to walk in space

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, marshal of aviation

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, the famous aircraft designers

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and

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