Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation

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Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation - Wikipedia

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Honorary title Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation
Obverse of the chest badge "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation"
Type	Honorary title
Awarded for	Excellence in military aviation airmanship
Presented by	Russian Federation
Eligibility	Citizens of the Russian Federation
Status	Active
Established	March 20, 1992^[1]
Related	Merited Military Navigator of the Russian Federation

The Honorary Title of "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" (Russian: Заслуженный военный лётчик Российской Федерации) is a state award of the Russian Federation that can trace its history to the Soviet Era. It was initially established on January 26, 1965 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet № 3230-VI^[2] as the honorary title of "Merited Military Pilot of the USSR" (Russian: Заслуженный военный лётчик СССР). Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the title was retained by the Law of the Russian Federation 2555-1 dated March 20, 1992^[1] and renamed "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation".

Award statute

The honorary title of "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" is awarded to members of military flying units, military agencies, military schools, military organizations and other military or federal authorities, having qualified military pilots 1st class or military pilot-instructors 1st class, for outstanding achievements in the development of aviation technology, high performance in education and training of flight personnel and long-term trouble-free flight operations in military aviation.^[3]

The President of the Russian Federation is the main conferring authority of the award based on recommendations from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.^[3]

The "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" chest badge is worn on the right side of the chest and in the presence of other orders, placed over them.^[3]

Award description

The honorary title of "Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" is a 27mm wide by 23mm high silver and nickel polygon with raised edges. At the top of the obverse, the relief inscription in three lines covered to the left "MERITED MILITARY PILOT" (Russian: ЗАСЛУЖЕННЫЙ ВОЕННЫЙ ЛËТЧИК), in the center, the gilt tombac image of a jet plane climbing diagonally towards the right its nose and tail slightly protruding over the edges, at the bottom, the relief inscription "RUSSIA" (Russian: РОССИЯ) superimposed over a laurel branch.^[3]

The insignia is secured to a standard Russian square mount by a silver-plated ring through the suspension loop. The mount is covered by a silk moiré tricolour ribbon of white, blue and red.^[3]

Notable recipients

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Major General Timur Avtandilovich Apakidze
Colonel General Alexander Nikolayevich Zelin
Colonel Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko
Marshal of Aviation Yevgeny Ivanovich Shaposhnikov
Colonel General Nikolai Timofeyevich Antoshkin

References

^ ^a ^b "Law of the Russian Federation of March 20, 1992 No 2555-1" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 3230-VI of January 26, 1965" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1965-01-26. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Statute and description of the insignia of Merited Military Pilot of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

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