Academic and career motivation development of air force cadets

The reforming process of the Russian Armed Forces and military education system requires an introduction of a new approach to the matter of military training specialists which has become an actual problem nowadays. The professional activity of a future pilot demands from a cadet to have a number of important characteristics such as to be highly educated and to have settled motivation of military service, formed during their training at the university. The article touches upon the problem of development and formation of cadets teaching and professional motivation which is based on the research results held at the Air Force School.