The
Honorary Title
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"Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" () was a state military award of the
Soviet Union
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established on January 26, 1965, by Decree of the
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
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to recognise and reward excellence in military aviation. It was abolished on August 22, 1988, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No. 9441-XI.
Award statute
The honorary title "Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" was awarded to members of military flying units, military agencies, military schools, military organizations and other military or federal authorities, having qualified military pilots 1st class or military pilot-instructors 1st class, for outstanding achievements in the development of aviation technology, high performance in education and training of flight personnel and long-term trouble-free flight operations in military aviation.
The
Presidium of the Supreme Soviet
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet () was the standing body of the highest organ of state power, highest body of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).The Presidium of the Soviet Union is, in short, the legislativ ...
of the USSR was the main conferring authority of the award based on recommendations from the Ministry of Defence of the USSR.
The chest badge "Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" was worn on the right side of the chest and in the presence of other orders, placed over them. If worn with honorary titles of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.
Award description
The "Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" chest badge was a 27-millimetre-wide by 23-millimetre-high silver-and-nickel polygon with raised edges. At the top of the obverse, the relief inscription in three lines covered to the left "Honoured MILITARY PILOT" (), in the center, the gilt tombac image of a jet plane climbing diagonally towards the right its nose and tail slightly protruding over the edges, at the bottom, the relief inscription "USSR" () superimposed over a laurel branch.
The badge was secured to a standard Soviet square mount by a silver-plated ring through the suspension loop. The mount was covered by a silk
moiré red ribbon.
Notable Recipients (partial list)
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Georgy Baevsky
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Leonid Beda
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Andrey Borovykh
Andrey Yegorovich Borovykh (; 30 October 1921 7 November 1989) was a Soviet flying ace during World War II who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union. After the war he remained in the military until 1989; during his career he achie ...
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Alexander Yefimov
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Pavel Kutakhov
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Vladimir Mikhaylov
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Mikhail Odintsov
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Pavel Plotnikov
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Vitaly Popkov
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Vasily Reshetnikov
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Yevgeny Savitsky
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Sultan Sosnaliyev
Sultan Aslambekovich Sosnaliyev (; 23 April 1942 – 23 November 2008) was a Soviet Army officer of Circassian ethnicity who served as a commander of Abkhaz and North Caucasian forces during the War in Abkhazia and as the defence minister of Abk ...
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Nikolai Sutyagin
Nikolai Vasilyevich Sutyagin (; 5 May 1923 – 12 November 1986) was a Soviet fighter pilot in the Second World War and the Korean War. He is considered by most Russian sources to be the top ace of the Korean War, with 22 victories. His 22 victori ...
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Ivan Zhukov
See also
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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the former Soviet Union that recognised achievements and personal accomplishments, both military and civilian. Some of the awards, decorations, and orders were discontinued after t ...
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Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation
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Badges and Decorations of the Soviet Union
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Soviet Air Force
The Soviet Air Forces (, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Sovie ...
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Meritorious Military Pilot of the German Democratic Republic
References
External links
Legal Library of the USSR
{{Soviet Awards
Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
Honorary titles of the Soviet Union
Awards established in 1965
Awards disestablished in 1988