Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-03

From the Clouds to the Ground: Pilots of an Air Force Brigade Temper Themselves at the Maintenance Front Line

从云端到地面，空军某旅飞行员机务一线砺精兵

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夏日，空军某旅外场停机坪上，一场例行战机检修保养作业正在进行。记者在现场看到，为战机“体检”的并非机务官兵，而是脱下装具的飞行员。只见他们手持专业设备，在机务官兵指导下，一丝不苟地为战机进行检修保养。这是该旅组织飞行员深入机务一线当兵锻炼的一个场景。开展这项活动的初衷，源于一次未完成任务的经历。不久前，一名刚完成新机改装的年轻飞行员执行训练任务时，因对战机舱外吊舱性能不熟悉，误将吊舱长时间置于极限位置。这个操作虽未对装备造成损坏，但导致该架次训练任务未能顺利完成。 “这样的情况并非个例。”该旅领导在调研中发现，空勤与地勤工作场景完全分离、专业知识各不相同，飞行员平时训练重点聚焦在座舱仪表、武器系统和战术战法上，导致对战机检修保障重点、舱外装备性能等了解不深。为此，该旅决定组织飞行员深入机械、军械等机务岗位当兵锻炼、跟训跟学。他们从给战机涂油润滑、清洁保养等基础工作做起，逐步参与机件调试检测和故障排查，在机务一线加深对战机的了解。 “以往开展飞行训练，大多关注发动机推力大小；如今直接参与孔探发动机叶片，让我直观感受到沙尘、异物对战机性能的影响。”一名飞行员感慨地说，“开展低空、超低空飞行训练时，我将更注意飞行状态的细微变化，确保飞行安全。” 在该旅特设操作间，记者看见，几名飞行员围着密密麻麻的线路图，正在进行飞控系统地面联合测试。在机务官兵指导下，飞行员们输入参数后，舵机内部组件的运行状态一目了然。“推拉操纵杆这个动作看似简单，背后却有很多元器件在高效运转支撑。任何一个元器件焊点松动、插头接触不良，都有可能引发安全事故。”一名飞行员说，这次当兵锻炼，让他对机务战友极端负责、精心维修的作风有了更深刻的理解。当兵锻炼期间，除了参与日常保障作业外，飞行员们还结合训练中出现的装备偶发故障，与机务官兵联合召开“诸葛亮会”，详细剖析故障原因、共同研讨改进方案。一次“诸葛亮会”上，飞行大队长从战术运用方面提出某型雷达在复杂电磁环境下目标容易丢失的问题，并与机务官兵展开讨论。机务中队一名电子师结合雷达运行机理进行分析，不仅帮飞行员找到问题原因，还梳理出一套方便飞行员操作装备的口诀，有效提升飞行训练质效。 “飞行员作为战机的直接操纵者，对装备体验最直接、感受最深刻，他们的反馈建议也能让地勤保障工作更加聚焦战场。”机务中队长说，他们将对飞行员提出的问题进行总结梳理，编写要点提示手册，力争让飞行员一看就懂、一学就会。 “飞行是勇敢者的事业。托举战鹰高飞远航，离不开飞行员和机务官兵的共同努力。”该旅领导告诉记者，飞行员普遍反映，深入机务一线当兵锻炼以来，他们学习掌握了装备运行原理、摸清了战机“脾气秉性”，处置空中特情时底气更足。不仅如此，机务官兵在与飞行员的交流中，也了解了飞行员的作战意图和操作习惯，促进了机务保障能力提升。

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Pilots at an unidentified PLA Air Force brigade are rotating through mechanical and ordnance maintenance sections for structured soldier-tempering exercises (当兵锻炼), performing borescope inspections, flight-control system ground tests, and joint troubleshooting sessions with ground crews after a transition-trained pilot's unfamiliarity with an external pod caused a sortie to abort. The program documents a recognized institutional gap: aircrew and maintenance personnel operate in entirely separate knowledge domains, leaving pilots unable to anticipate how external equipment behavior or component wear affects flight performance and safety. The cross-functional 'Zhuge Liang meetings' (诸葛亮会) that emerged from the program — where pilots raise tactical problems and technicians respond with maintenance-side analysis — extend a pattern of PLA aviation units trying to close the aircrew-groundcrew integration deficit, though the brigade, aircraft type, and whether this is a theater-wide directive or a single-unit initiative remain unspecified.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "从云端到地面，空军某旅飞行员机务一线砺精兵." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-03. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477379.html.

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