Uporaba letala Pilatus PC-9M Hudournik za potrebe SOATU

Kambič, Miha (author), Kosel, Tadej (mentor), Mrlak, Tomaž (author)

Republika Slovenija je v okviru zveze NATO skupaj z Madžarsko, Republiko Hrvaško in Republiko Bolgarijo podpisala sporazum, s katerim so se države dogovorile o ustanovitvi skupne namenske enote za zračno specialno delovanje (SOATU). Pojavlja se potreba, da bi v enoti za naloge neposredne zračne podpore delovala tudi letala. V tej zaključni nalogi bomo pregledali zahteve, ki jih NATO standardi predpisujejo za delovanje SOATU, zahteve, ki jih morajo izpolnjevati letala z nepremičnimi krili za delovanje v SOATU in za delovanje v okviru združenih preciznih napadov. Preučili bomo tudi prednosti in slabosti uporabe turbopropelerskih letal za naloge neposredne zračne podpore ter nekatere spopade skozi zgodovino, v katerih so bila letala s propelerskim pogonom uporabljena za neposredno zračno podporo. V zaključku bomo ocenili, ali bi bila uporaba slovenskih letal Pilatus PC-9M »Hudournik« za potrebe SOATU mogoča.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: NATO, letalske sile, specialno delovanje, specialna enota SOATU, Pilatus PC-9M Hudournik
• Work type: Final paper
• Typology: 2.11 - Undergraduate Thesis
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [M. Kambič]
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: XV, 25 f.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-120036
• UDC: 358.42:623.746(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 32266755
• Publication date in RUL: 15.09.2020

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Use of Pilatus PC-9M Hudournik Aircraft for the Purposes of SOATU

Abstract

Within the framework of NATO, the Republic of Slovenia, together with Hungary, the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Bulgaria, signed an agreement with which the countries agreed on the establishment of a special operations air task unit (SOATU). There is a need for aircraft to operate in the unit for direct air support. This final paper examines the requirements prescribed by NATO standards for the operation of SOATU, the requirements to be met by fixed-wing aircraft for operation in SOATU and operation in the context of joint precision attacks. It also examines the advantages and disadvantages of using turboprop aircraft for direct air support tasks and some of the conflicts throughout history in which propeller-powered aircraft have been used for direct air support. Finally, it is assessed whether the use of Slovenian Pilatus PC-9M »Hudournik« aircraft for the needs of SOATU would be possible.

• Keywords: NATO, Special Operations, Air Force, SOATU, Pilatus PC-9M Hudournik