Department of Air Force Logistics

Head of the Air Force Logistics department
candidate of military sciences, associate professorcolonel
Valentyn DYPTAN

The history of the Department of Air Force Logistics dates back to 1994, when the Kyiv Institute of the Air Force launched training programs for aviation logistics specialists at the operational-tactical level for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, within its Faculty of Logistics.

In July 2000, in accordance with a directive from the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, the Department of Aerodrome-Technical and Aviation Rear Support was established as part of the Faculty for Operational-Tactical Level Specialist Training of the Air Force at the National Defense Academy of Ukraine. In June 2002, it was renamed the Department of Aviation Technical and Aerodrome Support.

In September 2007, following a series of organizational reforms, the department was reorganized into the Subject-Methodological Commission on Technical and Rear Support of the Air Force, which became part of the Department of Logistics within the Operational-Tactical Faculty of the National Defense Academy of Ukraine.

After the reformation of the National Defense Academy into the National Defense University of Ukraine in 2010, the Department of Air Force Logistics was established as a structural subdivision of the Institute of Aviation and Air Defense.

The Department of Air Force Logistics is a core structural unit of the Institute of Aviation and Air Defense at the National Defense University of Ukraine. It conducts educational, methodological, scientific, and scientific-technical activities in designated specialties and specializations and is subordinated to the Director of the Institute.

The department consists of: department leadership, academic and teaching staff, and an educational laboratory. This structure enables the department to fully carry out its educational, methodological, scientific, and technical functions.

The department trains officers to obtain the Master’s degree in the field of knowledge K “Security and Defense” under specialty:

• K6 “Troop (Force) Support” – specialists in the organization of aerodrome-technical and engineering-aerodrome support; and specialists in organizing the employment of the logistics forces of the air component.

The main tasks of the department include the implementation of educational activities to ensure:

• participation in the training of military specialists obtaining the second (master’s) level of higher education in specialty K6 “Troop (Force) Support” and qualification as operational-level officers;
• participation in the training of military specialists across all specialties at the master’s level, with qualifications at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels;
• participation in the training of academic and scientific personnel at the third (educational and scientific) level of higher education (Doctor of Philosophy) for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and other military formations established in accordance with Ukrainian law in the field of knowledge K “Security and Defense,” in specialties K5 “Military Management (by branches of the Armed Forces),” K6 “Troop (Force) Support,” K7 “Armaments and Military Equipment,” K10 “Civil Security,” and other University programs, as well as in the training of Doctors of Sciences;
• participation in advanced training courses and professional military education programs;
• conducting methodological activities;
• conducting scientific, scientific-technical, and innovative activities through research projects, scientific-practical conferences (seminars), development of scholarly works, and other forms of scientific activity, with the results being integrated into the educational process;
• development and enhancement of the legal-regulatory framework and material-technical base to support educational, scientific, and technical activities;
• promoting the cultural and spiritual development of individuals and fostering patriotic education and respect for the Constitution of Ukraine among personnel.

The department maintains a high standard of scientific and scientific-technical activity, as well as training of highly qualified researchers.

Faculty members of the department regularly publish research works, including in journals indexed in international scientometric databases such as Scopus, actively participate in academic conferences and seminars—both domestic and international—and engage in research and development, utility model patenting, and innovation proposals.

The department’s academic potential includes one Doctor of Technical Sciences, four Candidates of Sciences, one Doctor of Philosophy, and teaching staff with the academic title of Associate Professor.

The department’s personnel have combat experience.