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Russian Colonel General Afzalov appointed commander of Aerospace Forces

2023-10-21

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA] Colonel General Viktor Afzalov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS), a source familiar with the situation told RIA Novosti.

“Colonel General Viktor Afzalov was appointed commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces. Before his appointment, he was acting in this position,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Before Afzalov, the commander in chief of this type of troops was Army General Sergei Surovikin.

Colonel General Viktor Afzalov is a graduate of the Pushkin Higher Military School of Air Defense Electronics. In 2000 he graduated from the Air Defense Military University, and in 2010 from the Military Academy of the General Staff. Promoted positions from chief of crew of the combat control department of a group of anti-aircraft missile divisions of the air defense corps to chief of staff - first deputy commander of the air force and air defense army. In July 2017, he was appointed commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Army of the Eastern Military District, and in August 2018 he received the post of chief of the main staff of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

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