The centenary of the navigational service of the Air Force of Russia
Today, 24 March in Russia celebrates one of the professional military holidays - the Day of the navigator service of the Air Force of the Russian Federation. Celebrated 15 time.
The date of March 24 was determined in August 2000 of the year on the basis of the order of the then Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Anatoly Kornukov.
The appearance in the calendar of holidays of the date associated with the work of the navigational service of the Air Force has historical the roots. These roots tell about the creation of the Central Air Navigation Station (CANS) in the Russian Empire. This event happened exactly 100 years ago - in 1916, the TsANS was formed on the basis of the order of General Alekseev, who was at that time in the post of chief of staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Imperial Army.
It was in those years that the practice of improving the skills of observer pilots began its implementation. The combat milestones of the First World War allowed observer pilots to gain experience very intensively. However, the very system of training observer pilots (representatives of the air navigation station, navigator school) was actually destroyed along with the destruction of the empire itself. Theoretical and practical flight navigation did not actually develop after Russia emerged from World War I, subsequently, as is well known, being the only country that actually lost to Germany ... By October 1917 in Russia, there were no more than one third of that number of flight crews which was formed in previous years (about three dozen instead of 97).
The first Red Guard squadron was formed in October-November 1917 in Petrograd - at the Commandant Airport (now the territory of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg). And in December 1917 (already in Soviet Russia) a bureau of commissioners was created aviation and aeronautics at the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Air navy. More or less active work begins, connected with attempts to revive not only the institution of military pilots, but also such a thing as an observer pilot (navigator).
By the middle of 1918, a full-fledged aeronautical department appears in the aviation and aeronautics department, the personnel of which included the leadership of the aeronautical air navigation service.
Its air navigation service was also part of the Main Administration of the Air Fleet - after the disbanding of the Civil War fronts. Aeronauticals represented the aeronautical service in dozens of aviation units. They were engaged in taking into account the data of meteorological services, monitoring the state of the aeronautical equipment of the flight fleet, as well as the corresponding equipment of the aerodromes. In addition, the tasks of aeronautical included tasks for the planned repair of equipment from the list of responsibilities.
It is worth noting that the first release of observer pilots (air navigation, aviation navigators) in Soviet Russia took place in the 1921 year. The graduation took place in Kiev, where the Moscow School was transferred.
It turns out that this year the navigator service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation celebrates a double anniversary - the 100 anniversary since its inception and the 95 anniversary since the first "Soviet" release.
Today, representatives of the navigational service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation serve not only in the territory of the Russian Federation, but also participate in the mission to destroy terrorist groups in Syria.
One of those heroic names of the navigator service that all Russia recognized last year - captain Konstantin Murakhtin. He was part of the crew of the Su-24M bomber, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov. The Russian aircraft bombed militant positions in northern Syria near the Kepir and Zahia settlements, after which it was attacked by the F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force. The bomber began to fall, and Oleg Peshkov gave the command to eject. The commander of the Su-24M crew was shot by terrorists during a parachute descent, and the navigator Konstantin Murakhtin survived. The automatic signal of the beacon was caught at the Russian Hmeimim airbase, after which a search and rescue operation was launched.
Following the instructions that are being worked out by all Russian pilots in a special survival center in Dzhubga (Krasnodar Territory), Captain Murakhtin hurried to leave the landing site, which was located in the area of the top of Turkman. Deciding not to use an individual VHF radio station as usual, so as not to find itself in front of the militants, the navigator carried out communication sessions with short broadcasts on the air. All the nuances of communication between Captain Murakhtin and the Russian Defense Ministry's search team did not disclose for obvious reasons (such information may be made public, and therefore the enemy), while reporting that the rescue operation lasted at least 12 hours. As a result, Captain Murakhtin was rescued and taken to the Khmeimim airbase, but a soldier of the Russian Armed Forces - Marine Alexander Pozychnich was killed during the special operation.
Behind all these dry reports on the course of the operation in the mountains of northern Syria are in fact hidden both the outstanding survival skills after the ejection to the rear of the enemy Russian navigator and the heroism of those servicemen who were then in the search and rescue units.
It should be recalled that Konstantin Murakhtin, one year before sending to Syria, became the winner of the Aviadarts (2014) competition among the navigators of military aviation.
And today, the servicemen of the air force navigator service of the Russian Federation continue to carry out the assigned tasks of an antiterrorist nature in the Syrian Arab Republic. Many returned home and were invited to the reception by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
"Military Review" congratulates all the servicemen of the navigator service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation on the holiday!
The date of March 24 was determined in August 2000 of the year on the basis of the order of the then Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force, Anatoly Kornukov.
The appearance in the calendar of holidays of the date associated with the work of the navigational service of the Air Force has historical the roots. These roots tell about the creation of the Central Air Navigation Station (CANS) in the Russian Empire. This event happened exactly 100 years ago - in 1916, the TsANS was formed on the basis of the order of General Alekseev, who was at that time in the post of chief of staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Imperial Army.
It was in those years that the practice of improving the skills of observer pilots began its implementation. The combat milestones of the First World War allowed observer pilots to gain experience very intensively. However, the very system of training observer pilots (representatives of the air navigation station, navigator school) was actually destroyed along with the destruction of the empire itself. Theoretical and practical flight navigation did not actually develop after Russia emerged from World War I, subsequently, as is well known, being the only country that actually lost to Germany ... By October 1917 in Russia, there were no more than one third of that number of flight crews which was formed in previous years (about three dozen instead of 97).
The first Red Guard squadron was formed in October-November 1917 in Petrograd - at the Commandant Airport (now the territory of the Primorsky District of St. Petersburg). And in December 1917 (already in Soviet Russia) a bureau of commissioners was created aviation and aeronautics at the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Air navy. More or less active work begins, connected with attempts to revive not only the institution of military pilots, but also such a thing as an observer pilot (navigator).
By the middle of 1918, a full-fledged aeronautical department appears in the aviation and aeronautics department, the personnel of which included the leadership of the aeronautical air navigation service.
Its air navigation service was also part of the Main Administration of the Air Fleet - after the disbanding of the Civil War fronts. Aeronauticals represented the aeronautical service in dozens of aviation units. They were engaged in taking into account the data of meteorological services, monitoring the state of the aeronautical equipment of the flight fleet, as well as the corresponding equipment of the aerodromes. In addition, the tasks of aeronautical included tasks for the planned repair of equipment from the list of responsibilities.
It is worth noting that the first release of observer pilots (air navigation, aviation navigators) in Soviet Russia took place in the 1921 year. The graduation took place in Kiev, where the Moscow School was transferred.
It turns out that this year the navigator service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation celebrates a double anniversary - the 100 anniversary since its inception and the 95 anniversary since the first "Soviet" release.
Today, representatives of the navigational service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation serve not only in the territory of the Russian Federation, but also participate in the mission to destroy terrorist groups in Syria.
One of those heroic names of the navigator service that all Russia recognized last year - captain Konstantin Murakhtin. He was part of the crew of the Su-24M bomber, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov. The Russian aircraft bombed militant positions in northern Syria near the Kepir and Zahia settlements, after which it was attacked by the F-16 fighter of the Turkish Air Force. The bomber began to fall, and Oleg Peshkov gave the command to eject. The commander of the Su-24M crew was shot by terrorists during a parachute descent, and the navigator Konstantin Murakhtin survived. The automatic signal of the beacon was caught at the Russian Hmeimim airbase, after which a search and rescue operation was launched.
Following the instructions that are being worked out by all Russian pilots in a special survival center in Dzhubga (Krasnodar Territory), Captain Murakhtin hurried to leave the landing site, which was located in the area of the top of Turkman. Deciding not to use an individual VHF radio station as usual, so as not to find itself in front of the militants, the navigator carried out communication sessions with short broadcasts on the air. All the nuances of communication between Captain Murakhtin and the Russian Defense Ministry's search team did not disclose for obvious reasons (such information may be made public, and therefore the enemy), while reporting that the rescue operation lasted at least 12 hours. As a result, Captain Murakhtin was rescued and taken to the Khmeimim airbase, but a soldier of the Russian Armed Forces - Marine Alexander Pozychnich was killed during the special operation.
Behind all these dry reports on the course of the operation in the mountains of northern Syria are in fact hidden both the outstanding survival skills after the ejection to the rear of the enemy Russian navigator and the heroism of those servicemen who were then in the search and rescue units.
It should be recalled that Konstantin Murakhtin, one year before sending to Syria, became the winner of the Aviadarts (2014) competition among the navigators of military aviation.
And today, the servicemen of the air force navigator service of the Russian Federation continue to carry out the assigned tasks of an antiterrorist nature in the Syrian Arab Republic. Many returned home and were invited to the reception by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
"Military Review" congratulates all the servicemen of the navigator service of the Air Force (VKS) of the Russian Federation on the holiday!
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