Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)
# Commander of the Air Force (Ukraine)

The Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force (Ukrainian: Командувач Повітряних сил Збройних Сил України, romanized: Komanduvach Povitryanykh syl Zbroynykh Syl Ukrayiny) is the head of the professional and administrative head of the Ukrainian Air Force, and is under the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. The current Commander of the Air Force is Colonel General Mykola Oleschuk.

## List of commanders

Pre-merger with the Air Defence Forces (1991-2004)

* 1992 – 1993 Lieutenant General Valeriy Vasylyev
* 1993 – 1999 Colonel General Volodymyr Mykhaylovych Antonets
* 1999 – 2002 Colonel General Viktor Ivanovych Strelnykov (detained in 2002 due to the Sknyliv air show disaster)
* 2002 – 2004 Lieutenant General Yaroslav Illich Skalko

Post-merger with the Air Defence Forces (2004–present)

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| 1 | | Colonel general Anatoliy Yakovych Toropchyn [uk] (born 1951) | May 2005 | 7 November 2007 | 2 years, 6 months | |
| 2 | | Colonel general Ivan Stepanovych Rusnak [uk] (born 1952) | 7 November 2007 | 12 August 2010 | 2 years, 278 days | |
| 3 | | Colonel general Serhiy Ivanovych Onyshchenko [uk] (born 1954) | 12 August 2010 | 8 June 2012 | 1 year, 301 days | |
| 4 | | Colonel general Yuriy Avramovych Baydak [uk] (born 1955) | 8 June 2012 | 20 July 2015 | 3 years, 42 days | |
| 5 | | Colonel general Serhii Drozdov (born 1962) | 20 July 2015 | 9 August 2021 | 6 years, 20 days | |
| 6 | | Lieutenant general Mykola Oleschuk (born 1972) | 9 August 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 352 days | |
