In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mykolaiovych and the family name is Oleshchuk.
Mykola Oleshchuk
Микола Олещук
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 August 2021
President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Prime Minister
Denys Shmyhal
Preceded by
Serhii Drozdov
Personal details
Born
Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk
(1972-05-25) 25 May 1972 (age 51) Lutsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater
Ivan Chernyakhovsky National Defense University of Ukraine, Kharkiv National University, Zhytomyr Radio-Technical Institute
Awards
Hero of Ukraine Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky 3d class
Military service
Allegiance
Ukraine
Years of service
1993–present
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands
Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Battles/wars
Russo-Ukrainian War
War in Donbas
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Mykola Mykolaiovych Oleshchuk (Ukrainian: Микола Миколайович Олещук; born 25 May 1972) is a Ukrainian three-star general who has served as the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force since 9 August 2021.
^"New commanders of Air Assault Forces and Air Force presented". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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