Directions for improving the existing system of restoration of military aircraft that received combat damage

Abstract

The article outlines the problems of maintaining the aviation equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in good condition, taking into account combat damage received during the conduct of high-intensity combat operations. The nature of the flight tasks facing military aviation at the beginning of a full-scale invasion is analyzed. The existing system of military repair of the aviation of Ukraine and the impact on its functioning of the aggression of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine are considered. Evidence of the ineffectiveness of the existing system of military repair of aviation equipment to maintain the military aviation of Ukraine in good condition under the condition of combat use during a long-term armed conflict is presented. The experience of restoring aviation equipment in the world's leading countries, which participated in military conflicts of varying intensity, was analyzed. The impossibility of applying the considered methods of carrying out repairs of other countries in Ukraine is substantiated, and an organizational and structural scheme of a prospective military repair system is proposed. Factors that need to be influenced to improve the military repair system are considered. Ways to improve the military repair system are proposed, which are as follows: involvement of a representative of an aviation repair enterprise in the process of restoring aircraft equipment in aviation units during hostilities; creation of military repair groups with integration of personnel of repair enterprises; establishment of a training school for military repair specialists; establishment of cooperation with scientific institutions; equipping military repair groups with the necessary equipment and materials. Implementation of the proposed changes will make it possible to quickly and efficiently restore (ma intain) the serviceability of aviation equipment during intensive combat operations without involving the main capacity of aircraft repair enterprises.