Faculty Overview

The Flight Faculty is one of the key organizational, educational, and research structural units of Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University.

The Faculty provides training for:

• Pilots of tactical and transport aviation aircraft
  (including obtaining a Private Pilot License (PPL));
• Helicopter pilots;
• Navigators for transport and bomber aviation;
• Officers of aviation combat control;
• Officers of personnel psychological support units;
• Military psychologists.

Fields of Study and Specialties

According to the official list of fields of knowledge and specialties, the Faculty conducts higher education training in the following areas:

K — Security and Defense

Specialty K5 — Military Management (by branches of the Armed Forces)
 Specializations:

• Flight Operation and Combat Use of Aircraft
• Flight Operation and Combat Use of Helicopters
• Navigation and Combat Use of Aircraft
• Combat Control of Aviation Flights

Specialty K6 — Military Support
 Specialization:

• Organization of Psychological Support of Personnel

C — Social Sciences, Journalism, and Information

Specialty C4 — Psychology
 Specialization:

• Military Psychology

Educational Process

In the course of training military aviation specialists at the tactical level, the Flight Faculty is responsible for theoretical and simulator training required for admission to flight operations.

The educational process is delivered by highly qualified academic staff with extensive scientific and pedagogical experience, significant military service records and flight experience, and participation in peacekeeping missions. The faculty includes Doctors of Science, PhD holders, Professors, and Associate Professors.

Training Facilities

The Faculty’s educational and material base is equipped with modern technology that ensures a high level of theoretical, methodological, and practical training for graduates.

For practical training of future pilots and navigators, the Faculty operates a Training Simulation Complex (aviation simulators) equipped with advanced modern simulators.

Flight Training

Cadets undergo flight training on aircraft and helicopters:

• After completion of the second year of study — at flight schools;
• During the fourth year of study — at the University’s training aviation brigade.

During training, cadets master:

• Light aircraft;
• L-39 aircraft;
• An-26 aircraft;
• Light helicopters;
• Mi-2MSB, Mi-8MT(V), Mi-8MSB(V) helicopters.

At the Department of Flight Operation and Combat Use of Aircraft, cadet pilots receive training using modern computer technologies. The training is aimed at developing intellectual abilities essential for future pilots, including professional thinking, attention, and memory.