Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force

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Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force ; Главнокомандующего ВВС
	Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
	Incumbent; Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov; since 2019
	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)

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force (Russian: Главнокомандующего ВВС) 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. The current Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force is Lieutenant General Andrey Yudin.

List of Commanders

Chief of the Air Service of the Russian Republic

No.		Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
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.	Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1	Solovov, MikhailColonel Mikhail Solovov (1879–1941)	March 1918	1 August 1918	5 months
2	Solovov, MikhailColonel Alexander Vorotnikov (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 (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.	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
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.		Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
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.	Commander-in-Chief	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref
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
1		Yudin, AndreyLieutenant general Andrey Yudin (born 1962)	1 August 2015	c. July 2019[lower-alpha 1]	3 years, 11 months	[8]
2		Dronov, SergeyLieutenant general Sergei Vladimirovich Dronov (born 1962)	c. July 2019[lower-alpha 1]	Incumbent	1 year, 7 months	[9][10]

Notes

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]

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"Скончался бывший главком ВВС РФ Анатолий Корнуков — Российская газета". rg.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
"Viktor Bondarev appointed Air Force commander • President of Russia". en.kremlin.ru. 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.
"Bilateral Relations: India-Russia Relations". indianembassy-moscow.gov.in. Embassy of India in Moscow. December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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"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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[gone-8] 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]

[nns-1] "persons/shaposh". nns.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

[interfax-2] "Экс-главком ВВС России Дейнекин скончался на 80 году жизни". interfax.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

[rg-3] "Скончался бывший главком ВВС РФ Анатолий Корнуков — Российская газета". rg.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

[kremlin-4] "Viktor Bondarev appointed Air Force commander • President of Russia". en.kremlin.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

[5] "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.

[6] "Bilateral Relations: India-Russia Relations". indianembassy-moscow.gov.in. Embassy of India in Moscow. December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

[7] "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.

[structure-9] "Юдин Андрей Вячеславович : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". structure.mil.ru. Retrieved 2018-12-28.

[10] "Mi-38T transport helicopters will start arriving for Russian troops in 2019". Russian Aviation. ruaviation.com. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[11] "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.