In the monograph of the Crimean military historian for the first time in domestic practice, the interaction of Soviet aviation and Crimean partisans during the Great Patriotic War was studied as a historical phenomenon; periods are highlighted in the organizational and institutional development of the actions of the regular aviation forces in the interests of the partisan movement at the regional level; a detailed historiographic analysis of the literature on the problem under study was made; the problem of the influence of the natural and geographical conditions of Crimea and technical conditions on the development of interaction between aviation and partisans was reflected in detail. The prerequisites have been created for writing a holistic picture of the partisan movement in Crimea - through the study of documentary materials, as well as rethinking the course of the struggle of the partisans of Crimea.