Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy (Военно-воздушная инженерная академия имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского) – is a higher military educational institution for training and retraining of engineers for the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
Военно-воздушная инженерная академия имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского
Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy Sleeve insignia
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 structureedit
The academy has the main campus in Moscow, and training centers in Monino, Noginsk and Kashira.
Faculties and schoolsedit
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
Historyedit
Through its 90-year history the academy has undergone many reorganizations and name changes. The list below is not complete.
The Moscow Aviation Collegeedit
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 Fleetedit
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 Zhukovskyedit
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.[1] 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.
^"Royal Russia News: Petrovsky Travelling Palace Reopens in Moscow". Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.
^Russian Federation (RF) Government Resolution of March 7th, 2008 #283-r (Распоряжение Правительства РФ от 7 марта 2008 г. N 283-р) Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
^"РАСПОРЯЖЕНИЕ Правительства РФ от 07.03.2008 N 283-р | Правовая система "Референт"". www.referent.ru. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^(History of the Academy) Военно-воздушная инженерная орденов Ленина и Октябрьской Революции Краснознаменная академия имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского Archived November 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine