The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces () is the chief commanding authority of the

Russian Aerospace Forces The Russian Aerospace Forces or Russian Air and Space Forces (VKS) comprise the air force, aerial, space force, space warfare, and Missile defense, missile defence Military branch, branches of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It was ...

. The position was created in 2015, when the

Russian Air Force The Russian Air Force () is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reb ...

, Russian Air and Missile Defense Forces and

Russian Space Forces The Russian Space Forces () is the space force branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces. It was reestablished following the August 1, 2015 merger between the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces, after the independent arm of s ...

where placed under a unified command.Russia creates new Aerospace Force service branch
, janes.com, 4 August 2015 He is appointed by the

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. The current commander is Colonel general

Viktor Afzalov Viktor Musavirovich Afzalov (; born 9 June 1968) is a Russian colonel general, who has served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces since 20 October 2023, when he succeeded Sergey Surovikin, who was removed by Vladimir Putin ...

List of Commanders

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References

{{Chief of the air force by country

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

Russian Aerospace Forces Military of the Soviet Union Commanders-in-chief of the Russian Air Force