Viktor Afzalov replaces Surovikin as commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force
22 Oct 2023, 01:20 5724 read 6 comments
Colonel-General Viktor Afzalov has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. This is reported by the international media, citing various sources.
“Colonel General Viktor Afzalov has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces. Before the appointment, he held this position,” said one of the sources from Moscow.
Colonel General Viktor Afzalov
Before Afzalov, the commander-in-chief was army general Sergei Surovikin, better known as General Armageddon.
General Sergei Surovikin
After Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed rebellion, reports began to appear from the Western media that Surovikin had been detained by the FSB.
Who is Colonel-General Viktor Afzalov?
Viktor Musavirovich Afzalov was born on June 9, 1968.
In 1989, he graduated from the Pushkin Higher Military School of Air Defense Radio Electronics (now the Pushkin Higher Military School of Air Defense Radio Electronics named after Marshal of Aviation E. Ya. Savitsky, the city of Pushkin as part of St. Petersburg), in 2000. – Military University of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces (AF) of the Russian Federation (now Military Academy of Military Air Defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union AM Vasilevsky, Smolensk). In 2010, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia (Moscow).
He began his service as a crew chief of the combat management department of a group of anti-aircraft missile divisions of the Air Defense Corps. In July 2017, he was appointed commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Eastern Military District, and in August 2018, he was appointed to the position of Chief of the Main Staff of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia – First Deputy. Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
In 2020, he served as Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
In 2022, he became a colonel general.
Among the awards are the Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Military Merit.
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