Pavel Kutakhov

Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov Кутахов, Павел Степанович

Born	August 3, 1914 (1914-08-03) Malokirsanovka, Don Voisko Oblast (now Rostov Oblast), Russian Empire
Died	December 3, 1984 (1984-12-04) (aged 70) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Buried	Novodevichy Cemetery, (Moscow)
Allegiance	Soviet Union (1935–1984)
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1935–1984
Rank	Chief Marshal of Aviation (OF-9)
Unit	Red Army
Commands held	Soviet Air Force
Battles/wars	Soviet-Finnish War, World War II
Awards	Foreign awards

Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (Russian: Кутахов, Павел Степанович) was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union (1943, 1984), Honored Pilot of USSR (1966).^[1]

After the Israeli Operation Mole Cricket 19 in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon in 1982, when large numbers of Soviet-built Syrian fighters and surface-to-air missiles were destroyed, Kutakhov travelled to Syria to evaluate the outcome.

Honours and awards

Hero of the Soviet Union, twice
Order of Lenin, four times
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Red Banner, five times
Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Red Star, twice
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class
Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military)

References

↑ "Кутахов Павел Степанович" [Kutakhov Pavel Stepanovich]. www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2015-12-28.

Military offices
Preceded by Konstantin Vershinin	Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Force 1969–1984	Succeeded by Alexander Yefimov

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