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.
Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force | |
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Главнокомандующий ВВС | |
Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force | |
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) |
List of Commanders
editChief of the Air Service of the Russian Republic
editNo. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Vyacheslav Tkachov (1885–1965) | Lieutenant colonel9 June 1917 | 19 November 1917 | 5 months | |
2 | Sergey Ulyanin (1871–1921) | Major general19 November 1917 | March 1918 | 3 months |
Chief of the Air Force of the Red Army
editNo. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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1 | Mikhail Solovov (1879–1941) | ColonelMarch 1918 | 1 August 1918 | 5 months | |
2 | Alexander Vorotnikov (1878–1940) | Colonel1 August 1918 | 13 June 1919 | 10 months | |
3 | Konstantin Akashev (1888–1931) | ColonelMarch 1920 | February 1921 | 11 months | |
4 | Andrey Sergeyev (1893–1933) | ColonelFebruary 1921 | October 1922 | 1 year, 8 months | |
5 | Andrey Znamensky (1887–1943) | ColonelOctober 1922 | July 1923 | 9 months | |
6 | Arkady Rosengolts (1889–1938) | ColonelJuly 1923 | December 1924 | 1 year, 5 months | |
7 | Pyotr Baranov (1892–1933) | ColonelDecember 1924 | June 1931 | 6 years, 6 months | |
8 | Yakov Alksnis (1897–1938) | Komandarm 1st rankJune 1931 | 23 November 1937 | 6 years, 5 months | |
9 | Aleksandr Loktionov (1893–1941) | 23 November 1937 | 19 November 1939 | 1 year, 11 months | |
10 | Yakov Smushkevich (1902–1941) | Lieutenant General19 November 1939 | August 1940 | 8 months | |
11 | Pavel Rychagov (1911–1941) | Lieutenant GeneralAugust 1940 | 24 June 1941 | 10 months | |
12 | Pavel Zhigarev (1900–1963) | Colonel general24 June 1941 | 11 April 1942 | 9 months | |
13 | Alexander Novikov (1900–1976) | Chief marshal of the aviation11 April 1942 | 22 April 1946 | 4 years |
Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force
editNo. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Konstantin Vershinin (1900–1973) | Marshal of the aviation1946 | September 1949 | 2–3 years | . | |
2 | Pavel Zhigarev (1900–1963) | Chief marshal of the aviation1949 | 1957 | 7–8 years | . | |
3 | Konstantin Vershinin (1900–1973) | Chief marshal of the aviation1957 | 1969 | 11–12 years | . | |
4 | Pavel Kutakhov (1914–1984) | Chief marshal of the aviationMarch 1969 | 3 December 1984 † | 15 years | . | |
5 | Alexander Yefimov (1923–2012) | Marshal of the aviation3 December 1984 | July 1990 | 5 years | . | |
6 | Yevgeny Shaposhnikov (1942–2020) | Colonel generalJuly 1990 | August 1991 | 1 year | [1] |
Commander-in-Chief of the Commonwealth of Independent States' Air Force
editNo. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Pyotr Deynekin (1937–2017) | Colonel general25 August 1991 | 19 August 1992 | 237 days | [2] |
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
editNo. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Pyotr Deynekin (1937–2017) | Army general19 August 1992 | 22 January 1998 | 5 years, 156 days | [2] | |
2 | Anatoly Kornukov (1942–2014) | Army general22 January 1998 | 21 January 2002 | 3 years, 364 days | [3] | |
3 | Vladimir Sergeyevich Mikhaylov (born 1943) | Army general21 January 2002 | 9 May 2007 | 5 years, 108 days | . | |
4 | Alexander Zelin (born 1953) | Colonel general9 May 2007 | 27 April 2012 | 4 years, 354 days | . | |
5 | Viktor Bondarev (born 1959) | Colonel general6 May 2012 | 1 August 2015 | 3 years, 87 days | [4] |
Commander of the Air Force – Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces
editNo. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
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1 | Andrey Yudin (born 1962) | Lieutenant general1 August 2015 | c. July 2019[a] | 3 years, 11 months | [8] | |
2 | Sergey Dronov (born 1962) | Lieutenant generalc. July 2019[a] | Incumbent | 5 years, 1 month | [9][10] |
Notes
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- ^ "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.