Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
Commanding officer of the Russian Air Force
Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force | |
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Главнокомандующий ВВС | |
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![]() Incumbent since c. July 2019Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov | |
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Member of | General Staff of the Armed Forces |
Reports to | Commander of the Aerospace Forces |
Appointer | President of Russia |
Formation | June 9, 1917 (historical) August 1991 (current form) |
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Russian Empire |
Emperor's Military Air Fleet (1909–1917) |
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic |
Workers and Peasants Red Air Fleet (1918–1991) |
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force (Russian: Главнокомандующий ВВС, romanized: Glavnokomanduyushchiy VVS) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Air Force. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the Russian Revolution in 1917.
List of Commanders
Chief of the Air Service of the Russian Republic
No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | ![]() | Tkachov, VyacheslavLieutenant colonel Vyacheslav Tkachov (1885–1965) | 9 June 1917 | 19 November 1917 | 5 months |
2 | ![]() | Ulyanin, SergeyMajor general Sergey Ulyanin (1871–1921) | 19 November 1917 | March 1918 | 3 months |
Chief of the Air Force of the Red Army
No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | ![]() | Solovov, MikhailColonel Mikhail Solovov [ru] (1879–1941) | March 1918 | 1 August 1918 | 5 months |
2 | ![]() | Solovov, MikhailColonel Alexander Vorotnikov [ru] (1878–1940) | 1 August 1918 | 13 June 1919 | 10 months |
3 | ![]() | Akashev, KonstantinColonel Konstantin Akashev (1888–1931) | March 1920 | February 1921 | 11 months |
4 | ![]() | Sergeyev, AndreyColonel Andrey Sergeyev (1893–1933) | February 1921 | October 1922 | 1 year, 8 months |
5 | ![]() | Znamensky, AndreyColonel Andrey Znamensky [ru] (1887–1943) | October 1922 | July 1923 | 9 months |
6 | ![]() | Rosengolts, ArkadyColonel Arkady Rosengolts (1889–1938) | July 1923 | December 1924 | 1 year, 5 months |
7 | ![]() | Baranov, PyotrColonel Pyotr Baranov (1892–1933) | December 1924 | June 1931 | 6 years, 6 months |
8 | ![]() | Alksnis, YakovKomandarm 1st rank Yakov Alksnis (1897–1938) | June 1931 | 23 November 1937 | 6 years, 5 months |
9 | ![]() | Loktionov, AlexanderAleksandr Loktionov (1893–1941) | 23 November 1937 | 19 November 1939 | 1 year, 11 months |
10 | ![]() | Smushkevich, YakovLieutenant General Yakov Smushkevich (1902–1941) | 19 November 1939 | August 1940 | 8 months |
11 | ![]() | Rychagov, PavelLieutenant General Pavel Rychagov (1911–1941) | August 1940 | 24 June 1941 | 10 months |
12 | ![]() | Zhigarev, PavelColonel general Pavel Zhigarev (1900–1963) | 24 June 1941 | 11 April 1942 | 9 months |
13 | ![]() | Novikov, AlexanderChief marshal of the aviation Alexander Novikov (1900–1976) | 11 April 1942 | 22 April 1946 | 4 years |
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Vershinin, KonstantinMarshal of the aviation Konstantin Vershinin (1900–1973) | 1946 | September 1949 | 2–3 years | . |
2 | ![]() | Zhigarev, PavelChief marshal of the aviation Pavel Zhigarev (1900–1963) | 1949 | 1957 | 7–8 years | . |
3 | ![]() | Vershinin, KonstantinChief marshal of the aviation Konstantin Vershinin (1900–1973) | 1957 | 1969 | 11–12 years | . |
4 | ![]() | Kutakhov, PavelChief marshal of the aviation Pavel Kutakhov (1914–1984) | March 1969 | 3 December 1984 † | 15 years | . |
5 | ![]() | Yefimov, AlexanderMarshal of the aviation Alexander Yefimov (1923–2012) | 3 December 1984 | July 1990 | 5 years | . |
6 | ![]() | Shaposhnikov, YevgenyColonel general Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1942–2020) | July 1990 | August 1991 | 1 year | [1] |
Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Air Force
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Deynekin, PyotrColonel general Pyotr Deynekin (1937–2017) | 25 August 1991 | 19 August 1992 | 237 days | [2] |
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Deynekin, PyotrArmy general Pyotr Deynekin (1937–2017) | 19 August 1992 | 22 January 1998 | 5 years, 156 days | [2] |
2 | ![]() | Deynekin, PyotrArmy general Anatoly Kornukov (1942–2014) | 22 January 1998 | 21 January 2002 | 3 years, 364 days | [3] |
3 | ![]() | Deynekin, PyotrArmy general Vladimir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov (born 1943) | 21 January 2002 | 9 May 2007 | 5 years, 108 days | . |
4 | ![]() | Zelin, AlexanderColonel general Alexander Zelin (born 1953) | 9 May 2007 | 27 April 2012 | 4 years, 354 days | . |
5 | ![]() | Bondarev, ViktorColonel general Viktor Bondarev (born 1959) | 6 May 2012 | 1 August 2015 | 3 years, 87 days | [4] |
Commander of the Air Force – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() | Yudin, AndreyLieutenant general Andrey Yudin [ru] (born 1962) | 1 August 2015 | c. July 2019[a] | 3 years, 11 months | [8] |
2 | ![]() | Dronov, SergeyLieutenant general Sergey Dronov (born 1962) | c. July 2019[a] | Incumbent | 5 years, 1 month | [9][10] |
Notes
- ^ a b No official date given for Yudin leaving office. Estimated between 28 June 2019[5] and 9 July 2019.[6] Dronov appointed Commander on 18 April 2019.[7]
References
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- ^ a b "Экс-главком ВВС России Дейнекин скончался на 80 году жизни". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Скончался бывший главком ВВС РФ Анатолий Корнуков — Российская газета". rg.ru. July 2014. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Viktor Bondarev appointed Air Force commander • President of Russia". en.kremlin.ru. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Интервью командующего Военно-воздушными силами – заместителя главнокомандующего Воздушно-космическими силами генерал-лейтенанта Андрея Юдина в рамках форума "Армия-2019"". dfnc.ru (in Russian). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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- ^ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ О внесении изменений в состав Комиссии при Президенте Российской Федерации по вопросам развития авиации общего назначения и навигационно-информационных технологий на основе глобальной навигационной спутниковой системы ГЛОНАСС, утвержденный Указом Президента Российской Федерации от 10 февраля 2018 г. № 65" [Presidential Decree: On amendments to the composition of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on the development of general aviation and navigation and information technologies based on the GLONASS global navigation satellite system, approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 65 dated February 10, 2018]. kremlin.ru (in Russian). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Юдин Андрей Вячеславович : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". structure.mil.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ "Mi-38T transport helicopters will start arriving for Russian troops in 2019". Russian Aviation. ruaviation.com. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ "В КРАСНОДАРСКОМ ВЫСШЕМ ВОЕННОМ АВИАЦИОННОМ УЧИЛИЩЕ СОСТОЯЛСЯ ВЫПУСК МОЛОДЫХ ОФИЦЕРОВ". kvvaul.mil.ru (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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