Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)

The Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України) is the head of the professional and administrative head of the Ukrainian Air Force, and is under the Chief of the General Staff. The current Commander of the Air Force is Colonel General Serhiy Drozdov.[1]

Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України
Incumbent
Serhiy Drozdov
since 2015
 Ukrainian Air Force
Reports toChief Commander of 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)

  • 2004 – 2007 Colonel General Anatoliy Yakovych Toropchyn
  • 2007 – 2010 Colonel General Ivan Stepanovych Rusnak
  • 2010 – 2012 Colonel General Serhiy Ivanovych Onyshchenko[2][3]
  • 2012 – 2015 Colonel General Yuriy Avramovych Baydak
  • 2015 – present Colonel General Serhiy Drozdov

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»
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