Ukrainian fighter pilot and politician (1968–2022)
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovych and the family name is Oksanchenko.
Oleksandr Oksanchenko
Native name
Олександр Оксанченко
Birth name
Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko
Nickname(s)
Grey Wolf
Born
(1968-04-26)26 April 1968 Malomykhailivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Died
25 February 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 53) Kyiv, Ukraine
Allegiance
Soviet Union (1989–1991) Ukraine (1991–2018, 2022)
Service/branch
Soviet Air Forces Ukrainian Air Force
Years of service
1989–2018 2022
Rank
Colonel (Polkovnyk)
Unit
831st Tactical Aviation Brigade
Battles/wars
Russo-Ukrainian War
Annexation of Crimea
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Battle of Kyiv †
Awards
Order of Danylo Halytsky Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)
Alma mater
Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots
Children
2
Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Якович Оксанченко; 26 April 1968 – 25 February 2022), nicknamed the Grey Wolf, was a Ukrainian fighter pilot and Myrhorod city councilor. He was a colonel in the Ukrainian Air Force who won awards in several air shows before retiring in 2018. In 2022, he returned to serve in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was killed by a Russian S-400 missile during the Battle of Kyiv. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Gold Star.
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Global Information
Soviet Union (1989–1991)
Ukraine (1991–2018, 2022)
Soviet Air Forces
Ukrainian Air Force
Order of the Gold Star (posthumously)