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 Aerospace Forces.
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
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
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 Petrovsky Palace. In March 1940 the command, navigator, operational departments were separated into a new Gagarin Air Force Academy. Since 1940, the academy has prepared only the engineering staff for the Air Force.
Recent developments
In 2008, the academy was amalgamated with the Gagarin Air Force Academy to form a joint Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy. The full name of the new academy is Russian Air Force Military Educational and Scientific Center “Air Force Academy named after Professor N.E. Zhukovsky and Y.A. Gagarin”.For further history of the academy see the article on the Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy.
Chiefs of the academy
The following have served as chiefs of the academy:- 1922—1923 — Alexander Vegener
- 1924—1925 — Nikolai Sollogub
- 1925—1927 — Vladimir Lazarevich
- 1927—1933 — Sergey Horkov
- 1934—1936 — Alexander Todorsky
- 1936—1940 — Zinoviy Pomerantsev
- 1940—1941 — Nikolay Sokolov-Sokolenok
- 1941—1942 — Stepan Hadeev
- 1942—1947 — Nikolay Sokolov-Sokolenok
- 1947—1969 — Vladimir Volkov
- 1969—1973 — Nikolay Fedayev
- 1973—1986 — Vasiliy Filippov
- 1986—1992 — Vitaliy Kremlev
- 1992—2002 — Vladimir Kovalyonok
- с 2002 — Anatoly Maksimov
Notable faculty
- Irina Grekova
- Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa
- Germogen Pospelov
Notable graduates
Among the graduates of academy – the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first woman-cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first man to walk in space Alexei Leonov, marshal of aviation Sergei Khudyakov, the famous aircraft designers Sergei Ilyushin, Artem Mikoyan and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev.