Abdulla Maxsumovich Xolmuhamedov is a retired Uzbek general who has served as the 5th Commander of the Uzbekistan Air and Air Defence Forces from 2003 to 2008.

Biography

Soviet military service

In 1975, he graduated from

Syzran Higher Military Aviation School , image = Great emblem of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School.svg , caption = Great emblem of the Syzran Higher Military Aviation School , nickname = SVVAUL , motto = , colors = , march = , ceremonial_chief = , type = Military acade ...

and began serving in

Transcaucasian Military District The Transcaucasian Military District, a military district of the Soviet Armed Forces, traces its history to May 1921 and the incorporation of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia into the Soviet Union. It was disbanded by being redesignated as a Grou ...

as a pilot. In the early 80s, he participated in hostilities in the

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),, renamed the Republic of Afghanistan, in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. The PDPA came to power ...

. 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 The Far Eastern Military District (russian: Дальневосточный военный округ; Dalʹnevostochnyĭ voennyĭ okrug) was a military district of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. In 2010 it was merged with the Pacific ...

Uzbek military service

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 The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, O'zbekiston Respublikasi Mudofaa vazirligi) exercises administrative and operational leadership of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek Minister of Defense is the no ...

. In 2009, he retired from military service. He is a recipient of the

Shon-Sharaf Order The Shon-Sharaf Order () or the Order of Glory of Service is a state award of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It was introduced in August 1995. It comes in two classes. The ribbon comes in blue, red, white and green. Statute The Order of Glory is aw ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Xolmuhamedov, Abdulla 1954 births Living people Uzbekistani military personnel Syzran Higher Military Aviation School alumni Soviet Air Force officers Soviet military personnel of the Soviet–Afghan War