Správa o spracovaní časti archívneho fondu Vysoká vojenská letecká škola SNP v Košiciach vo VHA Bratislava a vydaní 1. dielu inventára

Report on the Processing of a Part of the Archive Collection of the SNU Military Aviation Academy in Košice in VHA Bratislava and the Issue of the 1st Part of the Inventory

Autor: ONDRUŠ Milan

ONDRUŠ, Milan: Správa o spracovaní časti archívneho fondu Vysoká vojenská letecká škola SNP v Košiciach vo VHA Bratislava a vydaní 1. dielu inventára

ONDRUŠ, Milan: Report on the Processing of a Part of the Archive Collection of the SNU Military Aviation Academy in Košice in VHA Bratislava and the Issue of the 1st Part of the Inventory.

Vojenská história, 24, 1, 2020, pp. 162-166.

The author informs that the Military Historical Archive in Bratislava completed processing of a part of the collection Slovak National Uprising Military Aviation Academy and at the same time, the first part of the file material inventory from 1951 – 1970 has been issued. Several definitions of the terms used are provided in the introduction: access to archival documents, analytical archive tools – inventory, catalogue and general register, archival collection. After the introduction, the study touches on the subject of conditions of the higher military education in the 1960’s and 1970’s, summarising the milestones in the previous development of the CS military aviation education from the 1920’s, followed by a brief description of development in the 1930’s until the German invasion in the CSR. In particular, it deals with the Slovak air forces at the time of the World War 2 and later. The author states that considering the new needs for the preparation of pilots and aviation specialists, the SNU Military Aviation Academy in Košice was founded on 1 September 1973 (SNU MAA), overseeing two aviation educational units in Košice and Přerov. From 1 November 1986, SNU MAA became the training centre for educating the research workers. In order to improve the quality of the aviation training, an aviation school department was created in Piešťany as of 1 September 1987. After November 1989, a significant stage in the academy development occurred. Based on the received military doctrine and the changed foreign political bonds, the structure, tasks and content of the military education was reviewed. Significant changes were made to the SNU MAA organisational structure. In 1991, the school was divided to an academic part and to the Aviation Training Centre, under the scope of which the Foreign Aviation Training Centre originated. Subordination of the aviation school units was changed and the faculties were renamed. The Command-Engineering Faculty was transformed to Aviation Faculty and the Military-Engineering Faculty turned into the Faculty of Aviation and Security Technology. At this time, civil students also started attending MAA. In its activity, the school fully followed the national Act on Higher Education. After the split of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, the SNU Military Aviation Academy was renamed to the Military Aviation Academy of the General Milan Rastislav Štefánik and in 1996 to the Military Aviation Academy of Gen. M. R. Štefánik in Košice. On 1 October 2001, the Training Squadron of the Military Aviation Academy of Gen. M. R. Štefánik in Košice was established.

Key words: Military History - Archives. Czechoslovakia. Archival Collection – SNU Military Aviation Academy in Košice.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.69809/vojhist.2020.24.1.8

Ročník: 24 | Číslo: 1/2020 | Stránky: 162-166