READINESS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT AS AN ELEMENT OF ENSURING NATIONAL MILITARY DEFENCE

Abstract

Potential of Armed Forces are decided about national military defence system. Internal element and determinant effectiveness and efficiency is air defence. Level of combat capability of air defence determines the success of activities. Necessary is continual improvement of the system and its development. The command process can be supported by mathematical methods and tools which complement the knowledge and experience of the Commanders. An example of their use is presented in this article where the method of testing the readiness of combat aircraft from air base based on a Markov model.

Keywords

• aircraft reliability
• military security of the state
• markov models