Alexander Anatolyevich Maksimtsev (born August 20, 1963, Tokmak , Kyrgyz SSR , USSR ) - Russian military leader, deputy commander in chief of the aerospace forces for military-political work since 2019. Sniper Pilot , Major General (2015).
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| Date of Birth | August 20, 1963 (55 years old) | |||||||||
| Place of Birth | Tokmak , Kyrgyz SSR , USSR | |||||||||
| Affiliation |  USSR →  Russia | |||||||||
| Type of army |  Russian Aerospace Forces | |||||||||
| Years of service | 1981 - n. at. | |||||||||
| Rank |  major general | |||||||||
| Commanded | Russian Aerospace Forces Aviation Group in Syria | |||||||||
| Battles / wars | Russian military operation in Syria | |||||||||
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Biography
Alexander Anatolyevich Maksimtsev was born on August 20, 1963 in the city of Tokmak, Chui Oblast , Kyrgyz SSR . In 1985 he graduated from the Yeisk Higher Military Aviation School for Pilots named after V.M. Komarov . In 1997 he graduated from the Air Force Academy. Yu.A. Gagarin . Graduate of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Alexander Anatolyevich Maksimtsev served in the following positions: pilot, senior pilot, flight commander, deputy squadron commander, squadron commander, deputy flight regiment commander, deputy regiment commander, aviation regiment commander, deputy flight division commander, deputy commander of the association Air Force and Air Defense for Aviation - Chief of Aviation.
By the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of November 13, 2013 he was appointed to the post of deputy chief of aviation of the Russian Air Force [1] .
On June 11, 2015 , by a decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the military rank of Major General [2] .
Since September 2015, he was the commander of the Air Force of the Russian Air Force in Syria [3] [4] .
In 2018, he graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Since 2019 - Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces for military-political work [5] .
Has the qualification of “pilot sniper” . The total flight time of Major General Maksimtsev is about 10 thousand hours. He mastered the aircraft: L-29 , Su-7 , Su-17 , Su-24 , An-26 .
Rewards
- Order of the Red Star
- Order of Military Merit
- Nesterov Medal
- Anniversary medal "70 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
- Medal "For Military Valor" I degree
- Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" I, II and III degree
- Medal "To the participant of the military operation in Syria"
- Medals of the USSR
- Medals of the Russian Federation
Notes
- ↑ Colonel Sergei Kobylash led the Air Force of Russia // RIA-Novosti
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- ↑ LOOK / The grouping of Russian aviation in Syria is strengthened by the Su-34 and Su-27SM3
- ↑ NEWSru.com news :: Putin urged the military to put more effort into bombing Syria
- ↑ In Voronezh, training camps were held with the organs of military-political work of the aerospace forces