Why Russian aerospace forces suffer losses
It is ordered to fly - fly
We somehow quickly got used to the fact that the profession of a military pilot became again one of the most dangerous in the army. We are accustomed to the fact that reports of flight accidents and air crashes arrive on the news feeds with alarming frequency. But the worst thing is that we are used to the fact that military pilots are dying. Even standard explanations like the “human factor” or “technical malfunction” are used to. I don’t want to write about “adverse weather conditions” as a universal cause of accidents during landing.
He who does not fly does not fall. This axiom in the military aviation any grasshopper knows. Only here the speed in aviation has changed. The technique has changed. And for many, a fall happens only once in a lifetime. First and last time. A military aviation pilot must be trained and able to make decisions and act professionally in any situation. The army stood and stands on the execution of the order. It is ordered to fly - fly. In any weather. You still knew in the school that it would be so that you would be a military pilot. In the same way as ground service specialists.
Flight simulators
Today, a completely predictable process of the outflow of young pilots into civil aviation is taking place in Russian aviation. Remuneration, working conditions, domestic problems and so on. push good pilots to leave military aviation. Add to this the natural process of care for age and health. Bottom line: the shortage in military aviation is huge today. This is said at all levels. However, they quickly calm down. In the United States and other armies, the situation is no better. Pilots are not enough everywhere. It is military pilots.
The training of young pilots, according to current pilots and aviation veterans, is awful. If in the USSR more than 20 military schools were involved in the training of military aviation pilots, today only one was enough for this: the Krasnodar aviation name Serov. Cadets “fly” more on simulators than in real conditions. The effectiveness of such training is quite low. But more with the existing material base is difficult to implement. The akh condition of the L-39 and Yak-130 aircraft has been written many times.
Some plane crashes like the clash of two Su-34 front-line bombers in the Far East on the 18 of January 2019 of the year with the loss of two planes and in fact the miraculous rescue of the third or the collision of two Su-34 in the Lipetsk region (6 of September 2019) reveal another problem for our aviation. Weak pilot training in schools continues in units. The regiment command was forced to "grow combat pilots" in accelerated mode. Otherwise, you can get a "cap" from the higher authorities.
In parts there is a mass production of pilots of the 3 class, and sometimes the 2 class. At the same time, the flight time for these pilots is 300-400 hours. For reports and performance, this is great. A part in the forefront, in the personal affairs of the commanders, thanks appear from the commander, young pilots become "truly combat pilots." But somehow this beautiful picture does not fit with the statement of one very respected general, former commander of the Air Force, Army General Pyotr Stepanovich Deinekin:
Why was it possible such egregious incidents as a collision of airplanes when performing quite simple maneuvers? Again, according to experienced pilots, this is possible only in one case: when the pilot considers himself an ace, able to perform any action. The very pilot of the 2-3 class is triggered. That in conditions when the frequency of flights has increased significantly, it is always fraught with air accidents and tragedies.
We are waiting for new heroes ...
By the way, what was mentioned above fully applies to terrestrial services. Remember the disaster from Tu-22М3 near Murmansk, at the airport "Deer". The strategic bomber had to land in low visibility conditions. It is clear that all-weather aviation does not exist in principle. A military pilot flies always. And ensures the safety of takeoff and landing ground personnel. So he didn’t work on “Deer”. Additional lighting for the landing strip was not provided. The pilot simply, given the snow charges that hit the cockpit, did not see the strip! And this is also the result of accelerated training of specialists ...
But that is not all. This is just the tail of a fish that starts to smell. There is a problem with the “head”. Today we are in the videoconferencing for the first time in stories our army really see what he said cadets of combined arms schools in the first year. The combined arms commander is obliged to manage all types and arms of service that are assigned to him for the performance of a combat mission. The commander-in-chief of the videoconferencing today is the combined-arms general Sergey Surovikin! Young, having experience in commanding not only the okrug, but also a grouping of Russian troops in Syria, experience in staff work at the level of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, Hero of the Russian Federation. A man of truly outstanding commanding talent. Just what side is the graduate of the Omsk Combined Arms School associated with the VKS?
We will not discuss behind-the-scenes games at the highest levels of power today. Who prepares whom and where, is not so important. More importantly, as the operation in Syria has shown, one of the most important types of troops in the Russian armed forces is experiencing many problems today that need to be solved as soon as possible. And to solve these problems, first of all, the VKS commander is obliged. To do this, he has all the forces and means, has the necessary specialists and capabilities. Ultimately, Colonel General Surovikin has the authority of a military general.
In the meantime, alas, we see switchmen who are to blame for all the troubles of our aviation. Some pay for it with their own lives, others with freedom, others with shoulder straps. And the system lives on. Waiting for new victims and new heroes who prevented ...
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