Planning and implementation procedures of Armed Forces’ transport operations and the safety of the air transport of dangerous goods
Planning and implementation procedures of Armed Forces’ transport operations and the safety of the air transport of dangerous goods

Summary/Abstract: Military air transport is a specialized transport service that requires a selection of the appropriate means of transport and careful planning of the mission. This becomes particularly important in the era of the Armed Forces activity in international unions such as the European Union or the North Atlantic Alliance, including the logistical support of the Ukrainian army with the Russian Federation beyond our eastern border. Military operations outside the country require the movement of components designated for the implementation of tasks over long distances while ensuring a short time of movement and the safety of personnel, equipment, and other materials. Such parameters can be guaranteed by air transport carried out by organic military means of transport and by contracting services on the civil market. The analysis carried out in the publication and its results complement the whole research in the area of safety of transport of hazardous materials by air. At the same time, they complement the research niche in the area of procedures for planning and implementing transport operations of the Armed Forces.The aim of this article is to present the practical aspects of the issues related to the transport of hazardous materials by aircraft and to verify the problem in the form of the following question: Do the current legal conditions and applicable procedures ensure the safe transport of hazardous materials by aircraft? For the purposes of this publication, the following hypothesis was adopted: Current procedures and legal regulations ensure timely and safe transport of hazardous materials by aircraft under the jurisdiction of not only the Armed Forces.Verifying the adopted hypothesis required the use of several appropriately selected research methods, the main of which should be distinguished: analysis of documents, synthesis, case study and inference. The presented analysis of normative documents and procedures related to the preparation of cargo allows to state unequivocally that the transportation of hazardous materials by aircraft can be carried out in an organized and relatively safe manner. However, the determinant ensuring transport safety is strict compliance with legal regulations and procedures.

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