Mykola Mykolayovych Oleschuk ( uk, Микола Миколайович Олещук; born 25 May 1972) is a Ukrainian three-star

general A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

who has served as the Commander of the

Ukrainian Air Force The Ukrainian Air Force ( uk, Пові́тряні си́ли Збро́йних сил Украї́ни) is the air force of Ukraine and one of the five branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its headquarters are in the city of Vinnytsia. W ...

since 9 August 2021.

Biography

He was born in Lutsk on 25 May 1972. He graduated from the Zhytomyr Radio-Technical Institute in 1994. In 2004, he graduated from

Kharkiv National University The Kharkiv University or Karazin University ( uk, Каразінський університет), or officially V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University ( uk, Харківський національний університет імені ...

with distinction and in 2010, he graduated from the Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine. During his service in the Ukrainian Air Force, he specialized on the

S-300 missile system The S-300 (NATO reporting name SA-10 Grumble) is a series of long range surface-to-air missile systems developed and operated by the former Soviet Union, now fielded by the militaries of Russia and Ukraine as well as several other former Easte ...

. He was appointed commander of the

on 9 August 2021. On 14 October 2021, he was promoted to the rank of

Lieutenant general Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Oleschuk, Mykola Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine alumni 1972 births Living people Ukrainian military personnel of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine