The history of the establishment of aviation forest protection in the USSR, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Chapter 4
9 января 2020
With this article, we continue the series of publications devoted to the history of the establishment of aviation forest protection in the USSR, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Chapter 4. From the nineties of the XX century - to Aviation protection at the present stage.
Creation of a departmental fleet in a transition economy. Technical innovations. Creation of a federal reserve. FDS and ISDM Rosleskhoz. " The work of FBU Avialesohrana and regional specialized institutions. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition to a market economy could not but affect the state of aviation forest protection.
In 1994, the USSR Ministry of Civil Aviation was abolished. Almost no financial support was left for the aviation enterprises and small aviation squads serving the forest protection bases, their gradual liquidation began.
Only a few airlines were able to stay afloat by creating their own airlines. By the mid-90s, in many regions there was a shortage of aircraft and helicopters, as well as jet fuel. Airlines that focused on providing instant and good income passenger and cargo transportation, eliminated the fleet of light aircraft and helicopters, so necessary for the implementation of forestry operations. In many regions, aircraft and helicopters of the 1st class remained from aviation equipment: Il-62, Tu-154, Il-86, Mi-26. In a number of air bases, An-26 aircraft and Mi-8 helicopters literally flew on their last resources.
Under the current conditions, the Aviation Protection was forced to take the path of creating departmental aviation. In 1994, a flight division was organized as part of the Northeast Air Base, and in 1995 the Central Air Base took over the Vladimir State Air Enterprise. A year later, departmental aviation units were organized in the North-Western Air Base (Petrozavodsk), Krasnoyarsk (Yeniseisk), Amur (Svobodny) and their units in the Altai and Buryatia republics.
The presence of a departmental fleet of aircraft, the geographically uniform location of airbases ensured the implementation of forest patrol operations in most of the protected area. By investing in departments of departmental aviation, the Central Air Base planned its development, carried out repairs, deployed aircraft in the regions, and carried out flight safety control.
Departmental aircraft fleet of the Aviation Safety Agency totaled 106 units, including 3 Be-12P air tankers, sixty-nine An-2 aircraft, one Mi-8MTV helicopter, five An-26 aircraft, two An-24, two An-3, eighteen helicopters Mi-8T, seven Mi-2, one Il-103 aircraft. The number of flight personnel of their own aviation exceeded 500 people. The flight hours of the Aviation Protection's own aviation exceeded 50% of the total flight time.
To be continued...
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