Air Command West Explained

Unit Name:	Air Command West
Dates:	2004-present
Native Name:	Повітряне командування «Захід»
Commander1:	Borys Henov
Garrison:	Lviv
Country:	Ukraine
Branch:	Ukrainian Air Force
Type:	Air military district

Air Command West is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the western part of Ukraine.

History

In 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.

Its regions contained Volyn Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Chernivtsi Oblast and is defined by points:^{[1] [2]}

• 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d.
• 51°23'00" N. 27°45'00" E. d.
• 50°19'41" N. 27°07'41" E. d.
• 50°05'60" N. 27°12'05" E. d.
• 49°45'42" N. 27°51'00" E. d.
• 48°43'31" N. 27°50'26" E. d.
• 48°29'29" N. 27°35'50" E. d.
• Border of Ukraine Ukraine with the Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus
• 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d.

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.^[3]

Organization

The composition of the Air Command "West" includes:^[4]

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

Commanders

• Lieutenant General Petro Osypenko (2004–2007)
• Lieutenant General Stanislav Pavlovych (2008–2013)
• Major General Viacheslav Shamko (2015–19 July 2016)^{[5] [6]}
• Major General Oleskiy Marchenko (19 July 2016 – 2023)^[7]
• Major General Borys Henov (2023–present)

First Deputy Commanders

• Major General Oleskiy Marchenko (2015 - September 2016)^[8]

See also

• Air Command Center
• Air Command East
• Air Command South

Notes and References

1. Web site: Про затвердження військово-адміністративного поділу терито... від 05.02.2016 № 39/2016. zakon5.rada.gov.ua. 2016-08-21.
2. http://www.president.gov.ua/documents/122017-21078 УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ № 12/2017
3. http://galinfo.com.ua/news/pvk_zahid_aktyvno_zaymaietsya_remontom_ta_modernizatsiieyu_nayavnoi_viyskovoi_tehniky_234316.html Повітряне командування «Захід» займається ремонтом та модернізацією
4. Web site: Повітряні Сили. December 4, 2021.
5. Web site: Прикарпатські авіатори вразили командування Військово-повітряних сил . 2024-09-03 . www.blitz.if.ua.
6. Web site: 2017-07-17 . Повітряне командування «Cхід» відзначило першу річницю створення . 2024-09-03.
7. Web site: 2017-08-09 . Олексій МАРЧЕНКО: «На злітно-посадковій смузі у Бельбеку напишемо: «Ми повернулися!» . 2024-09-03 . Урядовий Кур’єр.
8. Web site: 2017-08-09 . Олексій МАРЧЕНКО: «На злітно-посадковій смузі у Бельбеку напишемо: «Ми повернулися!» . 2024-09-03 . Урядовий Кур’єр.