As reported earlier, today, on February 24, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the Higher Military Aviation School. The school was established in 1994 in Jizzakh. However, in Jizzakh had not enough facilities for the training of pilots.

In 2018, when the head of state visited the Khanabad military airfield in Karshi district, he proposed to effectively use the capabilities of the airfield for the training of military pilots. So the Higher Military Aviation School was relocated to Karshi in 2019. The training buildings were equipped with modern simulators, equipment and information technologies.

This allows cadets to conduct full combat training and maintenance of aircraft at the Khanabad airfield, as well as conduct flight training directly at the training grounds. The pre-flight training center and information resource center, training labs in 4 specialties serve to improve the level of professionalism of military pilots.

The President got acquainted with the conditions at the school. In a conversation with young people, the importance of mastering foreign languages and modern technologies along with the specialty was emphasized.

“The strength of each state is in its defense capacity. Defense is provided by people like you who are educated, purposeful, persistent military, engineers and pilots. To be worthy of this title, you need to constantly study, work on yourself and comprehensively hone your skills,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev told to officers and cadets.

Reportedly, the military officials were instructed to further enhance air defense based on the global challenges and combat transformations, to establish an experimental assembly of unmanned aerial vehicles. The president pointed to the need to improve the activities of the school, taking into account these factors, the implementation of joint educational programs with foreign institutions.

Uzbekistan has already launched the production of unmanned aerial vehicles Lochin (Falcon).

The drones were developed by the research and production center at the State Committee for Defense Industry. Drones can be used for both military and civilian purposes.