The Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force (Ukrainian: Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України, romanized: Komanduvach Povitryanykh syl Zbroinykh Syl Ukrainy) 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 Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko.[1]
List of commanders
Pre-merger with the Air Defence Forces (1991-2004)
- 1992 – 1993 Lieutenant General Valeriy Vasylyev[citation needed]
- 1993 – 1999 Colonel General Volodymyr Antonets[citation needed]
- 1999 – 2002 Colonel General Viktor Strelnykov (detained in 2002 due to the Sknyliv air show disaster)[citation needed]
- 2002 – 2004 Lieutenant General Yaroslav Skalko[citation needed]
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 | 
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Colonel general Anatoliy Toropchyn (born 1951) |
May 2005 | 7 November 2007 | 2 years, 6 months | [citation needed] |
| 2 | 
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Colonel general Ivan Rusnak (born 1952) |
7 November 2007 | 12 August 2010 | 2 years, 278 days | [citation needed] |
| 3 |
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Colonel general Serhiy Onyshchenko (born 1954) |
12 August 2010 | 8 June 2012 | 1 year, 301 days | [2][3] |
| 4 |
|
Colonel general Yuriy Baydak (born 1955) |
8 June 2012 | 20 July 2015 | 3 years, 42 days | [citation needed] |
| 5 | 
|
Colonel general Serhii Drozdov (born 1962) |
20 July 2015 | 9 August 2021 | 6 years, 20 days | [4][5] |
| 6 | 
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Lieutenant general Mykola Oleschuk (born 1972) |
9 August 2021 | 30 August 2024 | 3 years, 21 days | [6][7] |
| 7 |
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Lieutenant general Anatolii Kryvonozhko |
30 August 2024 | Incumbent | 176 days | [8] |
See also
- Commander of the Ground Forces (Ukraine)
- Commander of the Navy (Ukraine)
- Commander of the Air Defence Forces (Ukraine)
- Commander of the Air Assault Forces (Ukraine)
- Commander of the Marine Corps (Ukraine)
References
- ^ Dysa, Yuliia (30 August 2024). "Ukraine's air force commander dismissed after F-16 crash". Reuters.
- ^ Биография
- ^ Из досье «Фактов»
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New commanders of Air Assault Forces and Air Force presented". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Dysa, Yuliia (30 August 2024). "Ukraine's air force commander dismissed after F-16 crash". Reuters.
- ^ Dysa, Yuliia (30 August 2024). "Ukraine's air force commander dismissed after F-16 crash". Reuters.