Air Force Engineering Academy named after N.E. Zhukovsky

Structurally, the university included a central base in Moscow , training centers in Monino , Noginsk and Kashira .

Faculties

• No. 1 - aircraft;
• No. 2 - aircraft weapons;
• No. 3 - aviation equipment;
• No. 4 - aviation electronic equipment;
• No. 5 - training of foreign specialists;
• No. 6 - basic training.

Since after 2006 there was no recruitment of cadets, and after 2007, there was a shortage of students enrolled in faculties. In 2009, the basic training faculty was disbanded, and the faculties of aircraft and aviation armaments, as well as aviation equipment and avionics, were combined. In 2010, a new change occurred - the Faculty of Aviation Engineering appeared.

Moscow Aviation

On the initiative of Professor N.E. Zhukovsky , the Moscow Aviation Technical School was created in 1919 , from which the renowned military educational institution traces its history. Initially, classes were held in a building on Voznesenskaya Street (Radio Street), and in May 1920 the building was a former vocational school in Maly Kozlovsky Lane, in the center of Moscow, but far from the airfield .

Institute of Red Air Fleet Engineers

On September 26, 1920, the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic issued Order No. 1946, in which it decided to reorganize the Moscow Aviation Technical School into the N.E. Zhukovsky Institute of Engineers of the Red Air Fleet . The regulations on the institute were approved by the Revolutionary Military Council on November 23, 1920.

Academy of the Air Fleet named after N.E. Zhukovsky

On September 9, 1922, an order was issued by the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic on the introduction of the new staff of the institute with the name of the Academy of the Air Fleet named after N. Ye. Zhukovsky.

In the summer of 1923, the Academy moved to the Petrovsky Palace and to the premises of the former Skalkin restaurant near the Khodynsky airfield , which significantly affected the improvement of the educational process.

Air Force Academy of the Red Army

On April 17, 1925, the Academy was renamed the Air Force Academy of the Red Army named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky. In the first years of its existence, the academy had two faculties: engineering and the Air Fleet services (command, which lasted until 1927 and was reopened in 1930 ). January 29, 1927 the first graduation of students of the command faculty.

In the 30s , in addition to the two existing faculties, four more were added: aviation weapons ( 1934 ), operational ( 1935 ; worked for 2 years and reopened in 1939 ), correspondence courses ( 1937 ), navigational ( 1938 ).

Until 1940, the Academy remained the only higher military educational institution in the country that trained commanders for the Air Force, general engineers capable of working in the army , industry, and research institutions. Its graduates commanded aircraft parts and formations, led the engineering and aviation service , and headed design bureaus, aircraft factories, and research institutions.

Military Academy of the Command and Navigation Staff of the Red Army Air Force

In March 1940, on the basis of command, navigational, operational faculties and advanced training courses for commanding officers, the Military Academy of the command and navigational staff of the Air Force of the Red Army (later the Air Force Academy named after Yu. A. Gagarin ) was created. After that, the Academy prepared only the engineering staff for the Air Force.

With the outbreak of war, the Academy began to be equipped with senior students of universities and higher educational institutions of the country, which allowed to reduce the training time. For the retraining of flight, navigational and technical personnel for the new military equipment at the Academy, a training center was created, which in the first months of the war retrained more than 5 thousand people.

From July 1941 to June 1943 the Academy was in Sverdlovsk . During the Great Patriotic War, academy scientists were engaged in improving the reliability and efficiency of the combat use of aircraft , improving their flight performance, substantiating the rational designs of small arms and cannon weapons, and research on increasing the accuracy of aerial shooting and bombing. The results of these studies had a significant impact on the development of military aviation equipment, the organization of the engineering and aviation service of the Air Force, and the effectiveness of engineering and aviation support for combat operations of Soviet aviation. Important studies were conducted related to the creation of jet engines and more advanced aerodynamic layouts of aircraft, as well as the foundations of aerodynamic calculation and design of high-speed aircraft, the theory of stability, controllability and maneuverability of aircraft at high flight speeds. In total, over the years of the war, 672 research works were performed.

Dear Joseph Vissarionovich!
The personnel of the Air Force Order of Lenin of the Zhukovsky Academy and family members, eager to strengthen the military power of their beloved Motherland and accelerate the defeat of the hated enemy, contributed 1,000,000 rubles from their personal savings for the construction of combat aircraft. Fundraising continues.
Please assign the name of the father of Russian aviation N.E. Zhukovsky, built on the raised funds of the aviation squadron.
SOKOLOV-SOKOLENOK, BAKIN, DANILOV

Give the personnel of the Air Force Order of Lenin to the Academy of the Red Army and to the family members who collected 1.000.000 rubles for the construction of a squadron of combat aircraft named after N.E. Zhukovsky my war greetings and thanks to the Red Army.
I. STALIN

Izvestia newspaper, February 18, 1943

Air Force Engineering Academy

On August 6, 1946, the academy was renamed into the Air Force Engineering Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky. In accordance with the decision of the USSR Ministry of Defense on August 6, the formation of the radio engineering faculty began. The flight experimental department of the academy has been created. The departments of jet guided weapons, aeronautical and navigation systems and guided aircraft missiles, radiant energy were created. A stand was created for testing turbojet engines (the first among the country's universities).

Military Aviation Technical University

In 1998, with the next reorganization of military education, the Academy was renamed the Military Aviation Technical University (VATU) ^[2] .

The Petrovsky Palace , which for 75 years was the main building, the heart and one of the symbols of the academy, was transferred to the Moscow City Hall ^[3] , and the academy headquarters moved to house No. 3 on Planetnaya Street .

Air Force Engineering Academy

In 2002, the name Air Force Engineering Academy ^[4] and the name of Professor N. E. Zhukovsky ^[5] were returned.

Branches

In 1998, the Academy included the Stavropol Higher Aviation Engineering School of Air Defense named after Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets, formed on the basis of the "Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots and Navigators named after Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets" (SVVULSH) in the status of a branch of the Military -Air Engineering Academy named after N. E. Zhukovsky. Since December 31, 2004, the school again received an independent status and the name "Stavropol Higher Military Aviation Engineering School (Military Institute) named after Marshal of Aviation V. A. Sudets."

Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin

By order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated September 7, 2008 No. 283-p ^[6], from September 1, 2008, the Federal State Military Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “ Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A Gagarin . " The new educational institution is created by reorganizing in the form of a merger of the N. A. Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and the Yu.A. Gagarin Air Force Academy, located in Monino, Moscow Region, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defense.

Air Force Military Training and Research Center

Since November 2009, the Air Force Military Training and Scientific Center “Air Force Academy named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and Yu. A. Gagarin” has been located in Monino and Moscow . Reduced more than half of the teachers.

In 2009, there was no recruitment of students.

In 2011, the Military Aviation Engineering University (Voronezh) was named after the Academy.

• 1922 - 1923 - Wegener, Alexander Nikolaevich
• 1924 - 1925 - Sollogub, Nikolai Vladimirovich
• 1925 - 1927 - Lazarevich, Vladimir Salamanovich
• 1927 - 1933 - Khorkov, Sergey Grigorievich
• 1934 - 1936 - Todorsky, Alexander Ivanovich
• 1936 - 1940 - Pomerantsev, Zinovy ​​Maksimovich
• 1940 - 1941 - Sokolov-Sokolenok, Nikolai Alexandrovich
• 1941 - 1942 - Khadeev, Stepan Petrovich
• 1942 - 1947 - Sokolov-Sokolenok, Nikolai Alexandrovich
• 1947 - 1969 - Volkov, Vladimir Ivanovich
• 1969 - 1973 - Fedyaev, Nikolai Maksimovich
• 1973 - 1986 - Filippov, Vasily Vasilievich
• 1986 - 1992 - Kremlin, Vitaliy Yakovlevich
• 1992 - 2002 - Kovalenok, Vladimir Vasilievich
• 2002 —2009 - Maksimov, Anatoly Nikolaevich

• Order of Lenin (1933)
• Order of the Red Banner (1945)
• Order of the October Revolution (1970)
• Order "People's Republic of Bulgaria, I degree" (1970)
• Order of Merit for the People and the Fatherland in (gold) (GDR, 1973)
• Order of Friendship (Vietnam, 1977)
• Commander’s cross with a star of the Order of Merit of the Polish People’s Republic (1978)
• Order of the Red Star (Hungary, 1985)

Over the years the university has existed, 865 graduates were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union , 61 people - twice, and aviation marshal Ivan Nikitich Kozhedub was awarded this title three times, 89 people became laureates of the Lenin and State Prizes. ^[one]

Among the well-known graduates of the Academy are the USSR cosmonauts of the first cosmonaut squad Yuri Gagarin , German Titov , Valentina Tereshkova , Alexei Leonov , Vladimir Komarov and others.

To date, the graduates of the Academy organized and annually hold the All-Russian Scientific and Technical Conference "Scientific Readings on Aviation, dedicated to the memory of Professor N.E. Zhukovsky. "

In order to preserve the historical and scientific heritage of VVIA named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky organized the Association of graduates and employees of the VVIA named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky . On its site, projects are underway that are somehow related to social, cultural, scientific and other socially useful goals.

• The WWIA section on the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense
• Association of graduates and staff of VVIA named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky
• All-Russian scientific and technical conference "Scientific readings on aviation, dedicated to the memory of Professor N.E. Zhukovsky
• A site dedicated to the VVIA named after Professor N. E. Zhukovsky and its graduates.
• The WWIA community in LiveJournal.
• Academy Alumni Forum.
• Site of graduates of the Academy 1 faculty 2004 onwards
• Air Force Academy. professors N.E. Zhukovsky and Yu.A. Gagarina