Keyword: «cadets»

This article is devoted to issues related to the approach to the formation of certain strong-willed qualities in cadets-pilots of higher educational aviation institutions of the Ministry of Defense. The role and importance of such qualities in military personnel is noted both in the process of service, the performance of assigned tasks, as well as combat, and in everyday life. The derived classification of efforts aimed at the de-velopment of volitional qualities is presented. In the course of the study, a number of qualities that should be developed in a pilot during training at an educational institution were considered: patience, perseverance, perseverance, purposefulness. Methods borrowed in diagnostics from psychology and pedagogy, as well as ways to maintain and develop the strong-willed qualities of cadets will be proposed.