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Air Command West
The Air Command West is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the western part of Ukraine. History In the course of reforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2004, the Air Command "West" with headquarters in Lviv was created on the funds of the 28th Air Defense Corps and the 14th Aviation Corps. Its regions contained Volyn Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Chernivtsi Oblast and is defined by points: * 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d. * 51°23'00" N. 27°45'00" E. d. * 50°19'41" N. 27°07'41" E. d. * 50°05'60" N. 27°12'05" E. d. * 49°45'42" N. 27°51'00" E. d. * 48°43'31" N. 27°50'26" E. d. * 48°29'29" N. 27°35'50" E. d. * Border of Ukraine Ukraine with the Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus * 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d. The main tasks of the "Zahid" PvK are reliable cover from air strikes of large industrial and economic districts, administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main Ukrainian culture, cultural centres of Ukraine. Lviv also hosts the administration of Lviv urban hromada. It was named after Leo I of Galicia, the eldest son of Daniel of Galicia, Daniel, King of Ruthenia. Lviv (then Lwów) emerged as the centre of the historical regions of Red Ruthenia and Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in the 14th century, superseding Halych, Chełm, Belz, and Przemyśl. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia from 1272 to 1349, when it went to King Casimir III the Great of Kingdom of Poland, Poland in a Galicia–Volhynia Wars, war of succession. In 1356, Casimir the Great granted it town rights. From 1434, it was the regional capital of the Ruthenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Communications Regiment (Ukraine)
The 76th Separate Communication and Radio Technical Support Regiment "Viacheslav Chornovil" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with providing command and communication facilities to the units of Air Command West. It is garrisoned in Lviv. History With the declaration of the independence of Ukraine and the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the regiment became a part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as its personnel swore allegiance to Ukraine in January 1992. After that, the regiment took part in multiple exercises including "Clear Sky", "Peace Shield", "Heavenly Thunder", "Adequate Response". On 30 October 2000, the regiment was returned its award from the Soviet Army, Soviet era, after which it became the 76th Separate Order of the Red Banner Communications and Automated Control Regiment of the 14th Air Corps of the Ukrainian Air Force. During the unification of the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces and Ukrainian Air Force, the 53rd Joint Communications Center was merged into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Command East
The Air Command East is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the eastern part of Ukraine. History According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 277/2002, a zone of responsibility was provided for the Ukrainian Air Force, but the military-administrative division that appeared on the basis of the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 39/2016 of 5 February 2016 was not taken into account. Air Command East, which was in the stage of formation since the summer of 2016, and already in October 2016, it took part in the exercises "Rubizh - 2016", where in cooperation with other military formations of Ukraine, it practiced various tasks. On January 23, 2017, the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko issued Decree No. 12/2017, which amended the military-administrative division of Ukraine and created the "East" military air zone, hence the Air Command East. Before the creation of this air military zone, the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Command Center
The Air Command Center is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the southern part of Ukraine. History The regions in southern Ukraine where the Air Command Center operates, are the Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, and Chernihiv Oblast, and partially Poltava, Sumy, Kirovohrad regions. The command had held it in the central and eastern regions, until January 2017. The main tasks of PvC "Center" are round-the-clock protection of the state border in the airspace and reliable cover from air strikes of large industrial and economic districts, administrative centers, the capital of the country - the city of Kyiv, the objects of the Dnipro Cascade HPP, the Chernobyl NPP, as well as important communications and military facilities in Northern, North-Eastern and Central Ukraine. Structure The composition of the Air Command Center includes: management (Vasylkiv, Kyiv region) * 31st Communications Regiment (Ukraine), 31st Separate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksiy Marchenko (general)
Oleksiy Stanislavovych Marchenko (Ukrainian: Олексій Станіславович Марченко; born in 1968), is a Ukrainian army officer who served as the commander of the Air Command West from 2016 to 2023. He previously served as the First Deputy Commanders of the Air Command West from 2015 to 2016. Biography Oleksiy Marchenko was born in 1968 in Germany into a family of servicemen. Because of his father's service, he and his family lived in different countries, in Poland, and then in Central Asia. He made his first solo flight on an airplane at the age of 15 on in June 1983. After graduating from high school, he studied at the Kachyna Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots in Volgograd, which he graduated in 1990. He began his military career in Odesa. At first he was a pilot, then a senior pilot. After taking the oath of loyalty to Ukraine in 1993, in the rank of captain, he continued his service as the head of the paratrooper search and rescue service in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacheslav Shamko
Viacheslav Yevhenovych Shamko ( Ukrainian: В'ячеслав Євгенович Шамко) is a Ukrainian military Lieutenant General. Since 2017, Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force. Participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war, distinguished himself during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Hero of Ukraine (2023). Biography In 1984, Shamko graduated from the Dnipro Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School of Air Defense. He graduated from Kharkiv Military University in 1999 and the National Defense Academy of Ukraine in 2006. In 1986, Senior Lieutenant Shamko served in the 540th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (4th S-300 Missile Division). From July 1999 to October 2001, Colonel Shamko was already in charge of this regiment. From October 2001 to 2003, Viacheslav served as the commander of the 96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. In 2012, Deputy Commander of the for combat training. From 2012 to 2014, Chief of Staff and First Deputy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Pavlovych
Stanislav Mykolayovych Pavlovych (Ukrainian: Станіслав Миколайович Павлович; 24 January 1954 - 10 January 2024), was a Ukrainian army officer who served as the Commander of the Air Command West from 2008 to 2013. He was last ranked a lieutenant general in 2009. He was the only general in Ukraine who flew in retirement age. He was awarded with Cavalier of the Order of the Red Star (Soviet Union) and Danila Galitsky (Ukraine). He had been the of the air forces of Ukraine in the Western region. Biography Stanislav Pavlovych was born on 21 January 1954 in Antonivka, Mykolaiv Oblast. In 1975, he graduated from the Chernihiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots, later the Sturman Faculty of the Military Air Academy. Y. Gagarin in 1986. He took a direct part in the war in Afghanistan. He served in Kyiv, Turkestan, Moscow, Carpathian military districts, GRVN, Western Operational Command in Pilots' positions, aviation commander, deputy commander of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a captain general. In modern armies, lieutenant general normally ranks immediately below general (or colonel general) and above major general; it is equivalent to the navy rank of vice admiral, and in air forces with a separate rank structure, it is equivalent to air marshal. In the United States, a lieutenant general has a three star insignia and commands an army corps, typically made up of three army divisions, and consisting of around 60,000 to 70,000 soldiers. The seeming incongruity that a lieutenant general outranks a major general (whereas a major outranks a lieutenant) is due to the derivation of major general from sergeant major general, which was a rank subordinate to lieutenant general (as a lieutenan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)
The 540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Lviv Ivan Vyhovsky" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Lviv Oblast and Volyn Oblast. It operates S-200 missile system, S-200D and S-300_missile_system#S-300P/S-300PT, S-300PT Missile defense systems and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Kamianka-Buzka and Lutsk Air Base. History In 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the personnel of the 540th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment swore allegiance to Ukraine. On 21 April 1999, the honorary name "Lviv" was assigned to the regiment. On 23 June 2006, a combat flag was presented to the regiment. In 2008, the regiment was assigned the honorary name of "Ivan Vyhovsky" who was the Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host during the 17th Century. In 2012, the unit provided air defense operations for Euro 2012. On October 30, 2013, the regiment was the last to operate S-200 missile system, S-200B but they were str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)
The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" formerly the 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment Order of Alexander Nevsky "Terebovlianska" is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations. It operates Buk M1 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Stryi. History In January 1992, following the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the personnel of the 223rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 38th Army (Soviet Union), 38th Combined Arms Army took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine. On March 16, 1998, the 223rd brigade was given the honorary name "Terebovlianska". The 223rd Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment was stationed in Terebovlia, Ternopil Oblast till 2004 when it was relocated to Stryi, Lviv Oblast at the base of the disbanded 25th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade. The regiment participated in the War in Donbass. The regiment's personnel saw combat near Hranitne, Volnovakha Raion, Hranitne and on 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment (Ukraine)
The 11th Anti-aircraft Missile Regiment is a regiment of the Ukrainian Air Force tasked with air defense operations throughout Khmelnytskyi Oblast. It operates Buk M1 missile systems and is subordinated to the Air Command West. It is headquartered at Shepetivka. History In 1992, after the Dissolution of the Soviet union, the 138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the 8th Tank Army of the Carpathian Military District took an oath of loyalty to Ukraine becoming the 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. The regiment saw intensive combat during the War in Donbass. It undertook combat operations in Volnovakha Raion where a soldier of the Regiment (Valentyn Viktorovych Drachuk) was allegedly captured near Novotroitske on 30 December 2014 and his dead body was later recovered. The regiment took part in the Battle of Avdiivka carrying out air defense tasks and on 23 March 2015, during the mortar and tank shelling of Ukrainian positions in Opytne and Avdiivka, together with other units, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
