Commander of the Air and Air Defence Forces (Uzbekistan)

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Commander of Air and Air Defence Forces
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Incumbent
Major General Akhmad Burkhanov
since 2018
Ministry of Defence
Reports to Chief of the General Staff
Seat Tashkent
Constituting instrument Constitution of Uzbekistan

The Commander of the Air and Air Defence Forces is the administrative head in the Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces, and is under the Chief of the General Staff and the Ministry of Defence. The current Commander of the Air and Air Defence Forces is Major General Akhmad Burkhanov. The Commander of the Air and Air Defence Forces is a de facto Deputy Minister of Defence.

List of commanders

No.PortraitName

(born–died)

Term of officeRef.Notes
Took officeLeft office
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Tohir Yusupov

1992
Abdulla Maksumovich Khalmukhamedov.jpg Major General

Abdulla Xolmuhamedov

20032008 [1] [2] In 1975, he graduated from Syzran Higher Military Aviation School [3] and began serving in Transcaucasian Military District as a pilot. In the early 80s, he participated in hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. He graduated from Gagarin Air Force Academy in 1987. That same year, he was deployed to the Mongolian People's Republic as part of a contingent from the Transbaikal Military District. In 1990, he became the Deputy Commander of a regiment of the Far Eastern Military District. He became commander of the military transport aviation regiment (Tuzel) shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. In 1997, he was appointed a commander of a military transport aviation base. Upon the turn of the 21st century in the year 2000, he was appointed the air force's head of the flight training, becoming an inspector-adviser a year later. In 2002, he was promoted to the post of deputy commander and in 2003 became the commander of the air defense and air forces. In 2008, he became head of the flight safety department of the Ministry of Defense of Uzbekistan. In 2009, he retired from military service. [4] He is a recipient of the Shon-Sharaf Order. [5]
Uzbekistan Armed Forces commanders in 14th January 2020 (cropped).jpg No image.png Major General Akhmad Burkhanov2018Incumbent [6]

References

  1. "(Unknown)".[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Order "Shon-Sharaf" 2nd Degree ("Badge of Honour") Established by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of August 30, 1995". 30 August 1995. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011.
  3. "Выпускники - генералы". svvaylvi.narod.ru.
  4. "Халмухамедов Абдулла Максумович | Центр военно-политических исследований". eurasian-defence.ru.
  5. "znaki-uniforma.narod.ru". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  6. "Справочная (Узбекистан)". Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2020.