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He was appointed commander of the Ukrainian Air Force on 9 August 2021. [1] On 14 October 2021, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general. [3] On 30 August 2024, he was fired by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a day after it was announced that an F-16 had crashed on 26 August. [4] [5] He was replaced by Anatolii Kryvonozhko. [4]
The dismissal was announced just a day after the Ukrainian military reported that an F-16 jet crashed and its pilot died while repelling a major Russian strike on Monday. "I have decided to ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired the commander of the country’s air force Friday, four days after an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from its Western partners crashed during a ...
Designated as Deputy Commander [1] 2 Otto P. Weyland: May 1951 – 1952 Designated as Deputy Commander [2] 3 Frank F. Everest: May 1952 – April 1953 Designated as Deputy Commander [3] 4 Earl W. Barnes: April 1953 – February 1956 Designated as Deputy Commander [4] 5 William Eckert: July 1956 – February 1960 [5] 6 Jacob E. Smart: January ...
Sixteenth Air Force (16 AF)'s original ancestor was the Joint United States Military Group, Air Administration (Spain), which was established on 20 May 1954. It was attached to the Joint U.S. Military Group, which oversaw implementation of the 1953 Spanish-American Defense Cooperation Agreement.
Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24M, RF-90932, c/n 0615326, '83 white', is shot down near the Syria–Turkey border by a Turkish Air Force F-16 after it entered Turkish airspace. Both the pilot and weapons system officer eject; the weapons system officer, Konstantin Murakhtin, is rescued by Syrian/Russian special forces, but the pilot, Lt Col Oleg ...
Mark Damon Kelly (born September 19, 1962) [1] is a retired general in the United States Air Force who served as the commander of Air Combat Command from 2020 to 2024. [2] He previously served as the deputy chief of staff for operations from August 2018 to August 2020. [3]
Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) U.S. Air Force Reserve (AFR) Major General David W. Smith [97] U.S. Air Force: Air Force Reserve Command: Special Assistant to the Chief of Air Force Reserve for Reserve Space Personnel Policy and Integration U.S. Air Force Reserve (AFR) Major General Anne B. Gunter [98] [99]