Igor Tkachenko

Igor Tkachenko
Born (1964-07-26)July 26, 1964
Venzy Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Died August 16, 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 45)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Allegiance

 Soviet Union until 1992

 Russian Federation
Service/branch

Soviet Air Force until 1992

Russian Air Force
Years of service 198? - 2009
Rank Guards units Colonel
Awards




Russian Knights salute in memory of Igor Tkachenko, leader of the group, who died during practice a week earlier.

Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko (Russian: И́горь Валенти́нович Ткаче́нко, July 26, 1964 — August 16, 2009) was a Russian military pilot with the rank of Colonel, Russian Knights group leader, Chief of the 237th Guards Aviation Showing Center of the Russian Air Force at Kubinka air base. He was killed in a mid-air collision whilst practicing for the 2009 MAKS Airshow.[1][2]

He has been awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation honorary title posthumously, and the main-belt asteroid 269390 Igortkachenko, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin in 2009, was named in his memory.[2] Naming citation was published on 19 September 2013 (M.P.C. 85018).[3]

Commands

References

  1. ↑ Pilot dies as Russia jets collide, BBC News Online
  2. 1 2 "269390 Igortkachenko (2009 QA34)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 March 2017.


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