AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS IN VVS UNITS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040253-7
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 253
• Publication Date: June 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE DISTR. 3v Jun 195,3
SUBJECT Aircraft Inspections in VVS Units NO. OF PAGES I/
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED BY SOURC
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISULD BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. Each air unit from a regiment up compiles a Combat Training Measures plan which is
to be carried out during the following month. In addition to other measurer,, this
plan sets. up aircraft inspections. The plan states: the measure's designation,
the time at which it is to be carried out, who is to carry it out, who is responsi-
ble for the particular "eesure (and the period for which this individual is respon-
sible) and, the place where it is to be carried out.
2. In accordance with th
e a--'ve plan, the regiments! senior engineer compiles his own
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etailed plan of how aircraft inspections are to be conducted. This pier deals
with
seniorall thnes acts of aircraft inspections in the air squadrons. The regimental
appoints an aircraft inspection commission from among the technicc
personnel of the squadrons and the regimental command. He is the head (or chair-
man) of this commission. On the day appointed for the inspection, representatives
from the air squadrons' technical personnel rennrt to the regimental sera.,,.
eel' who informs all of the commission's members of the e
and the work to be done in a specified period of time; ft rmore, he briefs hem
on the present day's assignments. After this, the commission leaves for the
squadron whose aircraft are to be inspected on that particular day.
J. The squadron engineer makes a brief, verbal report on the general condition of
aircraft in his air squadron to the commission's head ( the regimental senior
engineer).
4. After receiving the air equedron engineer's rspcrt. the Comuis~.ion.'a ucvu iuiVtuci
him of the purpose of the comettssion, and then the commission proceeds to the
given squadron's aircraft parking Area end selects at to own discretion, several
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aircraft which it inspects in the presence of each aircraft's aircraft mechanic, aircraft
technician, flight technician and squadron engineer (actually the squadron senior tech-
n-cian). The commission includes the following various specialists". armaments, special
equipment, and aircraft technicians and engineers.
covers; they note dawn anydef ctscwhich they havehdisnovered and inform th naircraft's
mechanic and technician of the defects. On each aircraft that is to be checked the
commission. inspects the condition of the turbine (or engine) by means of a surface
examination - in other words, the turbine (or engine) is not removed fr: the fusolage
a:,d is not stripped-down; the armaments which are partially stripped-down since, in the
case of the MTG-15 the armaments are easily removed and replaced; and the aircraft's
special equipment (such as-the radio, instruments and electrical equipment).
b. Before the commission inspects a given aircraft, it familiarizes itself with the air-
craft's log; afterwards it notes-down the results of the inspection in the log. After
all aircraft designated for inspection have been inspected,, the regimental senior engin-
eer summons all of the technical command personnel of each air squad-nor. to a conference
where all of the commission's inspection efforts are Bummed up. Ai this conference, the
regimental senior engineer directs the attention of the technical ccmrand personnel
towards the defects which were discovered during th- aircraft inspection ar;d points out
means looff eliminating these defects. After the conference: the regimental senior engineer
plan for an order about the results' of the aircraft inspection. In the order
he proposes punishing guilty individuals (those who are responsible for inn ~.oor condi-
tion of the aircrat and congratulating individuals whose aircraft is in an excellent
condition. He then presents the plan of the r.^der to the regimental comTmnder and
chief of staff for signature.
7. After the senior regimental engineer's conference, the air squadron engineers (air
squadron senior technicians) conduct their own conferences ebiah are attended by all of
the squadron's technical personnel (from the assistant mechanics to the air squadron
engineers).
conference and-similar-y instructions n are~given toPthe squadron as at the regimeal senior engineer's
Air divisions plan aircraft inspections for cnc;e a). corps inspect once every three months and air araiss6once ;JTe above e .com-
missions consist of various a year,- The
com-f
- the corps ie specialists selected by the headquarters, p(-..T examines
inspecting the condition of aircraft ir_ a division, the commisei.on will
consist solely of engineers from the given headquarters. However, woe.*, air:;;:a.ft within
the division's units are being inspected, engineers from the air divisions will work
with the corps commission.
10. In 8.11 cases, inspections of aircraft within the units of a division by divisionalt. com-
missions and commissions from higher level hec.dquarteis are ,ondu-.ted during the period
of the combat training inspection. At this time the members of the commission will be
different from those mentioned above.
11. The divisiosytl commission that inspects the state of combat training includes the
following individuals: the air division commander is the head of the commission; his
deputy or divisioz?,l chief of staff may also be the Lead of the commission; the members
are: the divisional navigator, inspector of pilot proficiency, officers of the opera-
tions section, the chief of communications, deputy chief of staff, chief of the mldical
service, and the divisional engineers.
12. The above members of-the commission include all aspects of combat training during their
inspection as well as the- condition of aircraft, Each specialist inspects his own ser-
vice. As a r111A- such a comb t train i__ __-_ _~.
the commission's work is over, its head summ ns a onfeerreencerofwallnrethre days. After
personnel from a flight cam ender (or in some cases an air smmandder) command At
the conference, the head of the commission calls forth the various members in the order of their service's importance and has then report of the service which they inspected; in doing thiM, they mist point ut both the he posi-
tive tive and the negative factors of the service and the reasons forthesefactors.e After
all of the members of the commission have reported, the head of the commission makes
his preliminarv co661,+a4-e,e iatzetu the regimental chief
on how to elimiiste tLe above mentioned defects in a specified period of onnesfht1l of staff
this the cos;;ssioa retu na to its headquarters; a head of i at eecmm , ctsew
oe th her
members to turn over all n os on the rt othe combat trai training inspection a dire After
operations section where soil of the dais is integrated and a detailed n fore
'i{9teiona or-'er its a Tim T4-- -- over a Ai plan for a
ai?d :;pilaf Of gtsSFP r.. y? 2'iti ,7'ruivisiOr ~ C t:naranfta?
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dCOVer . f S ~_ j signnatura. The c. riltr stmt s ail negative and positive factors
g the inspection and the reasons for the negative factors as well as
the measures by which they nay be eliminated in the specified period of time. After the
specified period of time has elapsed, the commission checks again to Bee if the order
listing defeats discovered during the last inspection has been carried out. For this
-rtr~sey +I-- f,~"Rdiwion'a persoane]:
SECiiBT it checks only on defects
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some months, only one regiment will be inspected during tin in heomonth; thus Will depend on
the schedule of the combat training measures plan.
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listed in the order. If the defects are in respect to aircraft, the aircraft are once
again checked; however. at iPai +m., m__v _._ _,_ . .
13. The divisional commission inspects all of +he
a:vuuuc.Lu u s inspections on the same principle as the division; it
designates the division that it is going to inspect during the given period in its plan.
In this manner the corps commission-does not check the sane division more than once or
twice a year on combat. training ut=vo-uas The corps commission inspects
headquarters and the air regiments.
l~ the divisions
When an air army commission inspects a corps, it inspects the air corps headquarters, a
divisional headquarters, and the regiments of the divisor,
16. The inspection procedure, personnel of the ;,ouni.ssirn,. and formulation of the commiesionls
results are similar to those of the air division,
17. Furthermore, at the beginning of the summer and winter eri.ods the engineering
of higher level headquarters p" j service
operation in-the units of an aiirpdivision,,pthe divisions of arcorps, arid the units and
joint units of an air army. For this pu?,?pose, the air army headquarters issues an order
co convert aircraft to winter or summer operations. This order designates which units
or Joint units of the air army must complete the conversion of-their aircraft to winter
or summer operations within a period of-time specified in the order, it also states that
this must be done without interrupting flight operations (in other words, without a can-
cellation of flights due to the conversion of aircraft to winter or su m~er operations).
In such cases, the order will state that the preparation of aircraft for winter or summer
operations will be inspected by the air army commission. The air army commission does
not inspect all of a corps division, but selects one or two divisions of a corps for this
purpose; the remaining divisions are then inspected by a corps commission. Furthern re,
within each division a divisional commission inspects the preparation of aircraft for
winter or summer operations in each regiment. All of the above commissions consist solely
of representatives from the engineeriag-technical service of the headquarters at which
the commission was formed. These commissions inspect all aircraft in a regiment and then
they sum up the results of the conducted inspection which axe turned over in (Lie form of
an Order to beadqu:tern at which the commission was formed. This order praises in-
dividuals and units which successfully carried out the preparation of their aircraft for
summer and win +r operations and sets punishments for those who were negligent in pre-
paring t.,eir ai_ craft.
18. Such a convey
s
21. After logging twenty-five hours in the air,. each aircraft has to under go a periodic five
hoer inspection reeardiesa; of wheth_r +i._
20, Besides these inspections. one or two days of each ri=th are spent on aircraft maintenance.
During these days, the aircraft mechanic and aircraft technician check the aircraft's
engine and fuselage; all discovered malfunctions are repaired and a notation is entered
into the aircraft and engine's log. special services'
craft on these mechanics also work on the air-
days. They check for malfunctions in the eJ.ectrical equipment, armae nts,
and radio; any discovered defects are repaired by these individuals-
ion to summer and winter operations occurs at differex times in different
air armies and VVS Military Districts; conversion to summer operations occurs earlier and
to winter operations later in the southern re icns. For this reason, the first order to
convert aircraft to winter or aun1,~.r o
era(: g
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airurarL inspections by commissions, each aircraft is checked by its
mechanic and technician, the aircraft mechanic and aircraft technician, before flights.
Two hours are allotted for this check and three hours for the postflight check. These
checks '!.re designated as "the aircraft preflight inspection" and "the aircraft post flight
inspectiO