The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force () is the head of the professional and administrative head of the Ukrainian Air Force, and is under the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. The current commander of the air force is Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko.
List of commanders
Pre-merger with the Air Defence Forces (1991–2004) 1992 – 1993 Lieutenant General Valeriy Vasylyev 1993 – 1999 Colonel General Volodymyr Antonets 1999 – 2002 Colonel General Viktor Strelnykov (detained in 2002 due to the Sknyliv air show disaster) 2002 – 2004 Lieutenant General Yaroslav Skalko
Post-merger with the Air Defence Forces (2004–present) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office 1 Colonel general May 2005 7 November 2007 2 Colonel general 7 November 2007 12 August 2010 3 Colonel general 12 August 2010 8 June 2012 БиографияИз досье «Фактов» 4 Colonel generalYuriy Baydak 8 June 2012 20 July 2015 5 Colonel generalSerhii Drozdov 20 July 2015 9 August 2021 6 Lieutenant generalMykola Oleschuk 9 August 2021 30 August 2024 – Lieutenant generalAnatolii Kryvonozhko 30 August 2024 Incumbent
See also Commander of the Ground Forces (Ukraine) Commander of the Navy (Ukraine) Commander of the Air Defence Forces (Ukraine) Commander of the Air Assault Forces (Ukraine) Commander of the Marine Corps (Ukraine)
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