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Air Command West is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the western part of Ukraine.
| Air Command West | |
|---|---|
| Повітряне командування «Захід» | |
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| Active | 2004-present |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Branch | Ukrainian Air Force |
| Type | Air military district |
| Garrison/HQ | Lviv |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Borys Hernov |
History
editIn the course of reforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2004, the Air Command "West" with headquarters in Lviv was created on the funds of the 28th Air Defense Corps and the 14th Aviation Corps.[citation needed]
Its regions contained Volyn Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Chernivtsi Oblasts.[citation needed]
The main tasks of the "Zahid" PvK are reliable cover from air strikes of large industrial and economic districts, administrative centers, chemical industry facilities in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi NPPs, as well as important communications and military facilities in the Western, Central and South-Western Ukraine.[1]
Organization
editThe composition of the Air Command "West" includes:[2]
management (Lviv)
- 76th separate regiment of communication and radio technical support (Lypnyki, Lviv region)
- 1st radio engineering brigade (Lypnyki, Lviv region)
- 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Ivano-Frankivsk; MiG-29, L-39)
- 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade (Lutsk; MiG-29, L-39)
- 11th anti-aircraft missile regiment (Shepetivka, Khmelnytskyi region; 9K37 "Buk-M1")
- 223rd anti-aircraft missile regiment (Stry, Lviv region; 9K37 "Buk-M1")
- 540th anti-aircraft missile regiment (Kamyanka-Buzka, Lviv region; S-200, S-300PT)
- 193rd command and control center
- 11th commandant's office of protection and service
- 17th separate battalion of electronic warfare (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankivsk region)
- 352nd separate engineering and airfield battalion (Khmelnytskyi)
- 8th Aviation Commandant's Office (Lviv)
- 25th Aviation Commandant's Office (Dubno, Rivne Oblast)
- 108th Aviation Commandant's Office (Kolomiya, Ivano-Frankivsk Region; Kolomiya Airfield)
- 202nd aviation range (Povorsk, Volyn region)
Leadership
editCommanders
edit- Lieutenant General Petro Osypenko (2004–2007)
- Lieutenant General Stanislav Pavlovych (2008–2013)
- Major General Vyacheslav Shamko (2015–2016)
- Major General Oleksiy Marchenko (2016–2023)
- Major General Borys Hernov (2023–present)