Sergei Onishchenko

Date of Birth: 23.02.1954

Place of Birth. Education. He was born in the city of Chuguev in the Kharkiv region. In 1975, he graduated from the Kharkiv Military Aviation School, in 1983 from the Yuri Gagarin Air Force Academy, and in 1997 from the faculty for training specialists at the operational-strategic level at the Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He holds a Master's degree in State Military Administration.

Career. He served in the positions of pilot, aircraft commander, deputy commander of the aviation association, navigator, commander of the aviation association, deputy commander of the aviation regiment for flight preparation, commander of the fighter and bomber aviation regiment, deputy commander of the aviation division, deputy head of combat training at the Air Force Command of Ukraine, deputy head of combat training and military educational institutions in the organizational core of the Air Force of Ukraine, deputy head of combat training and military educational institutions at the operational command staff of the Air Force of Ukraine, deputy head of combat training of the Air Force Command of Ukraine, commander of the fighter division.

From 1998 to 2002, he was the commander of the Air Force Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

From 2002 to 2004, he was the deputy chief of the combat training office of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Air Force.

From 2004 to 2005, he was the deputy commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

From 2005 to 2010, he was the deputy commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On August 12, 2010, he was appointed Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a decree of President Viktor Yanukovych.

On June 8, 2012, he was relieved from the position of Commander of the Air Force of the VSU by decrees of President Onishchenko and discharged from military service due to health reasons, with the right to wear the military uniform. He was succeeded in the position of Commander of the Air Force of the VSU by Major General Yuri Baidak.

Additionally, Onishchenko was a member of the Vinnytsia Regional Council.

Awards. Lieutenant General. Awarded the Order of the Red Star, the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky III Class, medals and badges of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, awards from the Republic of Tajikistan.

21.02.2022