EXCELLENT SUPPORT OF FLIGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000200060023-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2012
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: July 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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Excellent Su Sort of i its
Krasnaya Zvezda, 17 Jan 52
Russian d.-nsp.
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 FOR EXCELLENT FLIGHT MAI NANCE
,......,
Intensified training of airmen is in progress at the
military and training airfields of our Air Force. Pilots,
navigators, radiomen-gunners, and aircraft specialists, carry-
ing. . out their sacred military duty, are consistently improving
thcair military knowledge, makir.g new gains in strengthening
discipline, constantly increasing their combat fitness, and
t tren thening the might of the Soviet Air Fleet. An important
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condition to the Achievement of good results in the combat
training of airmen is the uninterrupted, well organized maintenance
of flight training for them. In this connection, the performance
of Air Force rear service troops, rightly termed the i:ailediate
aides to fliers, takes on tremendous importance. Their duties
include the supplying of fuel, ammunition, uniforms, food, and
other military and technical equipment to flight squads. They
are also responsible for the care of airfields, for the main-
tenance of all facilities of the airfield service in constant
readiness.
The job of the service troops is an honorable and re-
presents a large and composite complex of varied specialities.
by each airman. The work of the Air Force service troops re-
conditions for the successful completion of training tasks
all the req,uiromen.ts of the flight squads creates favorable
come difficulties. Their timely and thorough fulf ilimont of
service troopst discipline, initiative, and ability to over
units and squads depends to a considerable extent on the rear
sponsible one. The quality of the combat training of flight
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QverMa11 success in the maintenance of flights depends on the
thorou gh knowledge and careful fulfillment of his duties by
each specialist. Bitt, in addition to this, is the need for
a compulsory high4eve1 of diseipline,' industriousness, constant
display of initiative and resourcefulness on the part of each
solder of the rear service battalions, irregardless of the
particular nature of his job.
The inculcation of these qualities, which each soldier
the mass sees in him not only a technical leader, but a teacher
as well." It is precisely in this light that the leading
oath and Soviet Army regulations. "Cur corn?ander," as M. V.
Frunze pointed out, '"must present the task 3.n such a way that
their subordinates in the spirit of the demands of the military
not for one moment slacken their attention on the training of
ba.lity of tho commanders of the service battalions. They must
of the Air Force rear service should possess, is the responsi-
official duty.
commanders of the Air Force service battalions consider their
The work of Officer Bushin serves as an example in this
respect. He has effected the successful performance of his
battalion due to well-presented educational work. Here, each
soldier is perfectly aware of the importance of the job given
him, resulting in a complete complex of maintenance for the
flight training of airmen. The troops understand perfectly,
for example, that the quality of airfield preparations con-
stitutes a vital factor in the combat fatness of the flight
squad. Consequently, they spare no effort to ensure constant
maintenance of the type of system on the airfield which makes
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f li h'ts posstble under ~,ny candi'~ions.
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A is well known bhp winter trainof airmen i~
as ~
aturas . Winter also bring increaa~acl
attended by many peau].1ax f e
,
e service batte,lio' Low temp4re,ture8
derrands an the traopS of th
er frequent snaws compel them to do my
changeable weath ,
. nsurA all r;onditions necessary for success?~
adda.ta.onal fobs to e
rao s of Officer Buskin's battalion have
ful f l~.ght practice. '~ p
cculiarities of operations under winder
thoroughly studied the p
in advance to preparations for winter
cond1.tions. Attc;nding well
s.cilities, the eaniander also prova.decl
operation of airfield f
e and use in accordance with regulations reM
for their aa.ntenanc
orbance of maintaizlx.n~ the airfield
quirements. Here, the imp
less f Or flights has been give the proper em?
~.r
in constant read
phasis.
Flight day is the most crucial monent in the training of
the combat fitness, the discipline of
airmen. It also tests
~ service battalions, the progress of
the troops of the far Farc,,
the flights reflects whether the disposita,an of forces has been
ctl whether the personnel of all groups of
carried out torte y'
? has been sufficiently well trained to
the fir Force rear service
tasks of materiel supply and airfield ser~
meet the all-important
vicing for flight day.
desire to achieve the conditions necessary
The constant
of flight pez'sannel compels conders
to the combat train ~ng
? o achieve a better understanding of the
of service battalions t
mends of airmen. Wherever there exists a
requirements and de F rte
a
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' e relation be~rreen flight squads and Air
close, business-lik
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service speciLUSts, wherever the commanders of service battalions
try to comprehend thoroughly the nature of the fliers' combat
training, there, as a general rule, there are no interruptions
in maintenance of f lights. Officer Boris ov's system of operations
serves as a model in this connection. Officer Borisov, as a
rule, first thoroughly studies the given task of servicing the
flights, makes his corresponding estimates, then summons his
subordinates, acquaints them with the nature of the impending
flight day, and gives them specific instructions. On the eve of
the flights, the commander carefully checks the readiness of the
air field service equipment, n.kes certain that each subordinate
knows his duties. Officer Borisov makes it a strict rule that
all specialists of the subunit must be at their posts long before
the first take-off, that their efficient, well-coordinated work
excludes the possibility of any interruption in the flight' day
schedule.
work. In the planning and carrying out of mass political work,
to thank through more carefully the forms and content of their
occasionally forced, due to the nature of their official duties,
to be far from their battalion, compels Party political workers
certain specialists of the Air Force rear service troops are
of the work of outstanding trainees. The situation wherein
The work of the political apparatus, of Party and Korn
somol organizations, must be directed toward the achievement of
a high-level of combat training, discipline, and organization of
the Air Force service battalion. They must ensure the leading
role of Communists and Komsomols in combat training, vigorously
assist the commanders in the study, summation, and dissemination
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ordinates. They must see to it that well-trained instructors are
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they must take into strict account all the varied duties of Air
Force rear service troops.
The development of aviation equipment, its contanuod i.mw
provement, places great demands on the troops of service battalions.
While creating new types of planes, Soviet designers are at the
same time making revisions in the design of the technical facili-
ties for flight maintenance. The improved equipment at the disw
posal of the service battalions demands of their personnel a
thorough theoretical knowledge and a high educational level in
their work, Model materials and equipment for maintenance of
f light training of airmen presupposes a high level of training of
all Air Force rear service troops, without exception. It is doubt
ful whether the efficient performance of a service battalion
could be achieved if its specialists operating the pneumatic
power plant had not studied their equipment to perfection, had
not acquired the skills necessary to carry out their duties. It
is impossible to achieve normal flight training conditions of
the specialists involved do not know the principles of the storage,
analysis, and transporting of fuel and lubricants. Some delay
is inevitable during a flight day if the operators of special
machines have not learned the regulations for auto-transport
traffic on airfields, if they do not know how use repair appara-
tus according to all the rules.
It is for this reason that commELnders of service battalions,
along with intonsified work on maintenance of flight practice
for airmen, must continually strive for excellent presentation
and a high level of organization of the training of their sub-
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chosen and must personally control the uali
~ tY of and the tame
devoted to these instructions, The experience of leading
commanders shows that the time and effort which they spend in the
organization and conduct of theoretical trainin of g o their sub-
ordinates more than pays for itself in the practical activa.bY of
all branches of the Air Force rear service troops.
The strict adherence to all the requjrements of military
regulations, the constant improvement of military skills, unM
ceasing effort to strengthen discipline and to increase a ~_
c~r~,ar~z
zation constitute the chief conditions for success in solving
the honorable and vital tasks faced by Air Force
rear service
troops, The primary duty of specialists of the
service battalions
is to be equal to the demands put upon them and to further the
continual improvement of the flying skills of airmen by their own
efficient, well-coordinated work,