Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)

The Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force (Ukrainian: Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України, romanized: Komanduvach Povitryanykh syl Zbroynykh Syl Ukrayiny) is the head of the professional and administrative head of the Ukrainian Air Force, and is under the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The current Commander of the Air Force is Colonel General Mykola Oleschuk.[1]

Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України
Incumbent
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk
since 9 August 2021
 Ukrainian Air Force
Reports toCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
Appointerthe President
Formation1992
First holderValeriy Vasylyev

List of commanders

Pre-merger with the Air Defence Forces (1991-2004)

  • 1992 – 1993 Lieutenant General Valeriy Vasylyev
  • 1993 – 1999 Colonel General Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Antonets
  • 1999 – 2002 Colonel General Viktor Ivanovych Strelnykov (detained in 2002 due to the Sknyliv air show disaster)
  • 2002 – 2004 Lieutenant General Yaroslav Illich Skalko

Post-merger with the Air Defence Forces (2004–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Colonel general
Anatoliy Yakovych Toropchyn
(born 1951)		 May 2005 7 November 2007 2 years, 6 months
2 Colonel general
Ivan Stepanovych Rusnak
(born 1952)		 7 November 2007 12 August 2010 2 years, 278 days
3 Colonel general
Serhiy Ivanovych Onyshchenko
(born 1954)		 12 August 2010 8 June 2012 1 year, 301 days [2][3]
4 Colonel general
Yuriy Avramovych Baydak
(born 1955)		 8 June 2012 20 July 2015 3 years, 42 days
5 Colonel general
Serhii Drozdov
(born 1962)		 20 July 2015 9 August 2021 6 years, 20 days [4][5]
6 Lieutenant general
Mykola Oleschuk
(born 1972)		 9 August 2021 Incumbent 2 years, 77 days [6]

See also

References
  1. Serhiy Drozdov appointed commander of Ukrainian Air Force Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Interfax-Ukraine (20 July 2015)
  2. Биография
  3. Из досье «Фактов»
  4. "Decree of the President of Ukraine of July 20, 2015 № 443/2015 "On the appointment of S. Drozdov Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"". zakon.rada.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. "Decree of the President of Ukraine of August 9, 2021 No. 344/2021 "On dismissal of S. Drozdov from the post of Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine"". president.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  6. "New commanders of Air Assault Forces and Air Force presented". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
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