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Air Force of Azerbaijan: history, description, interesting facts

Aviation is the pride of any state. Domination in the air facilitates victory on earth. In the Transcaucasian republics, one has to observe the clear advantage of the Air Force of Azerbaijan.

Wings of the country

The chronicle of this kind of troops of the Armed Forces of the sovereign state begins on April 8, 1992, when the pilot Vagif Kurbanov, who served in the air regiment of the village of Sital-Chay, stole the Su-25 attack aircraft and landed safely in one of the regional centers. Over time, the number of military aircraft increased. The flying staff in the number of added, increased the level of combat training. In 1992, the Air Force of Azerbaijan originally pilots was counted on the fingers. Nowadays there are hundreds of professionally trained pilots. Military pilots were trained and trained in other states. The quality of the aircraft was also improved - in place of models that are morally obsolete, modernized from Ukraine and from Russia. Close attention is paid to the public solvency of aviation officers.

Structure

The Air Force of Azerbaijan includes:

1. The mixed regiment - in the capital of Baku, the flying town of "Kala" and separate squadrons:

  • Fighter-bomber and training - n. Kurdamir settlement;
  • Fighter - Sumgait city, air base "Nasosnaya";
  • Reconnaissance - district center Shamkhor.

Aerodromes were equipped with concrete runways with a length of 2.5 thousand to 3 thousand meters.

Number of aircraft:

Aircraft
Purpose A type MOMENT SU
29 29UB 25P 25PD 25RB 17th 24 25 25UB
Fighter Bomber 5
Multipurpose 14
Training and combat 2
Interceptor 10 6th
Bomber Tactical scout 4
Front 2
Stormovik - / - 16
Uch.-Boys. 3
Helicopters "MI"
24 24G 2 8 17-1B
Shock multi-purpose 26th 12
Easy transport 7th
Transport-fighting. 13
20

2. Air defense units. Having radar stations, they are in a position to quickly control the celestial space and monitor their nearest neighbors in the border zone.

How it all began

In August 1991, the country collapsed, and already in early September, Karabakh officially declared independence. Thanks to the collapse of the Union, the Transcaucasian republics added their own arsenals: they captured and stole from the withdrawn parts of the Russian army the necessary weapons and equipment.

Part of the weapons received as a gift. In early 1992, Azerbaijan received helicopters "24th" - 14 pieces and "eighth" - 9 units, and Armenia - 13 units. 24-th. The Air Force officially received 14 pcs. 24 and 9 units. "Eighth". Another 3 devices "twenty-fourths" were stolen in early February 1992. On May 8, systematic flights began for the bombing of Karabagh Su-25, accompanied by MI-24. This date is considered the day of the republican aviation. Sturmovik flew until June, when the Air Force suffered a bitter loss - shot down a plane, with which Vagif Kurbanov was killed.

Where did the aircraft come from?

At that time, the incipient air forces of Azerbaijan abruptly multiplied their combat potential. Before the collapse of the republic there were four air regiments. The equipment was safely withdrawn, but some things fell to Azeris in the non-state and as a result of sabotage of Russian senior officers-traitors. At the aerodrome of the air defense "Nasosnaya" Azerbaijanis received 30 high-altitude interceptors MIG-25: the immoral case of the dirty hands of Colonel Vladimir Kravtsov, later the general and the commander of the Air Force of the country.

Likewise, Lieutenant-Colonel Aleksandr Plesh arrived in Dallar, later earning the post of commander of the squadron. Azeris easily took five MIG-25, reconnaissance bomber, eleven Su-24, reconnaissance monoplane and 4 Il-76s. At the same time, the defective aircraft were being repaired at the airfields, which they abandoned, in part new ones were purchased.

Aviation in war

Gradually began to "pull up" and pilots of the former Soviet Air Force, not particularly burdened with conscience, who forgot about military honor and oath of allegiance to the socialist homeland. Defectors formed the basis of the Air Force of Azerbaijan and began to carry out combat sorties from the airfields of Dallar and Kurdamir. During the military operations mercenaries were shot down and killed, or captured.

The two crashed when doing military training flights. The Su-24 MR, the reconnaissance monoplane and the 25th, the scout-bomber, and the SU-25s-interceptors-went on to bombardment-acted for distraction. When they bought MIG-21 and "Su-twenty-fifths" - these planes began to go on bombing. In the 93-m they acquired "Sukhoi-17M3". The temporary restoration of equipment was performed at the aircraft repair plant in Nasosnaya. The Air Force of Azerbaijan lacked the necessary airfield material and technical equipment, navigation kits, sighting systems, ground equipment.

Combat losses

With the sharp increase in ground-based air defense in Karabakh, the Republican Air Force began to increase its heavy damage. The summer campaign of 1993 can be called a catastrophe: seven regions were completely captured by Armenians; Killed only 11 thousand soldiers. The army was depleted and demoralized. Losses of the Air Force of Azerbaijan amounted to 10 aircraft and 10 rotorcraft: eight MI-24, two - MI-8. Commander of the aviation of the republic became Colonel Kravtsov from July 92nd.

A year later he was replaced by General Rail Rzayev - before the murder in early 2009. Co-workers of the general since Soviet times for work in the air defense say that Rail Rzayev did not interfere in matters related to profit, a pure servant. Being a leader, of course, he was on duty to look into economic issues, when it required it. The commander of one of the units of the Air Force was caught at the scene of the crime in the trade of fuels and lubricants, this caused an unprecedented stir.

Corruption

In the republic, a scandal of a universal scale broke out in this regard, senior administrators blamed the troubles. Rzayev temporarily suspended, even simulated the arrest of the commander of the Air Force of Azerbaijan. The scam soon collapsed, this provocation ended. But for this do not kill. It's different. At the court session, a colleague of the deceased suggested that the tragedy occurred because of the tender for the fighters in 2007.

Before the murder, the general wrote to the Ministry of Defense in writing with a statement that he was being followed, and asked for help. Rzayev warned: if not protected, will publicize the circumstances of the bidding. The Ukrainian side won, and Azerbaijan bought 12 MIG-29 worth 27 million dollars. As it turned out later, at an inflated price. More likely, Rail Rzayev was the victim of a banal "kickback."

Expected

What is the Air Force of Azerbaijan today? Fighter aviation of the country does not meet modern requirements. The MIG-29 models need to be updated for a long time, the planes correspond to the "4" classification. States that can afford rearmament are acquiring "4+" and "4 ++" devices and only "5" countries. The likely enemy, Armenia, has a solid air defense, so Azerbaijan will take this factor into account when buying new equipment. Serious circumstance is the fact that very few people are ready to sell combat aircraft to the state with a territorial military conflict. Azerbaijan was already refused when he intended to acquire Swedish fighters.

Russia, too, did not sell MIG-35 "4 ++". The possible reason is that the Azerbaijani Air Force will dominate the Transcaucasus, as opposed to Russia with aviation at the Armenian airfield. The Azerbaijani side does not stop searching. The variant is a fighter from the Middle Kingdom Chengdu J-10B, which analysts consider as "4 ++". Experts say that the device corresponds to foreign analogues of this class.

Combat aviation is only applicable to training grounds for the training of flight personnel. To achieve the result, do not shed the blood of civilians. There is no alternative to a round table for negotiations.

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