Vyacheslav Levchenko

Air Craft Commander - Lieutenant Colonel

Unit: A-50u "Mainstay" (Red 37 RF-93966 “Sergey Atayants”) , 610th Combat Operations Center, 2457th Aviation Base in Ivanovo

Cargo ID: #1152

English Name: Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Levchenko

Russian Name: Левченко Вячеслав Володимирович

Date of Birth: 1968 (age 56 years)

Lived in: Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia

Place of Death: Sea of Azov, South of Berdyans'k, Ukraine (Mim 104 Patriot)

Awards: Order of Courage (ph.), Medal "Order of Merit for the Fatherland" 2nd Class, others under Investigation

Participation in the air parade is a great honor and the apogee of flying skill. In the aircraft formation over Red Square, the A-50U radar patrol and guidance ship flew first. Under the control of pilots of the Ivanovo 610th Combat Operations Center. AWAC took off from the Severny airfield, continuously adjusting the time to reach the target. 

The crew members are masters of their craft, everyone worked extremely harmoniously. They reached Red Square “exactly at zero”, that is, one second per second. For this, our aces from the ground were personally praised by the flight director. Upon completion of the maneuver, the plane headed back.

Andrey Evgeniev, correspondent: “Just an hour of flight - and our Avax returns after successfully completing this honorable task. At the moment, the crew is landing and will land with pinpoint precision at the specified point on the runway.”

Commander Vyacheslav Levchenko, who has already participated in the Parade twice this year on May 9 and June 24, admitted that flying over Krans Square is a huge responsibility. Therefore, the A-50 is controlled by two ship commanders at once. 

“Our entire crew worked harmoniously, thanks to him. The vehicle performed just fine, no failures, no unforeseen situations happened to us ,” said Vyacheslav Levchenko, commander of the A-50U radar patrol and guidance ship.

Levchenko Vyacheslav Ivanovich is a pilot, commander of the A 50 aircraft, which monitored the airspace of the Russian Federation. Vyacheslav Ivanovich died in January 2024.

The hero was portrayed by 5th-4th grade student Fomina Alina.

Aircraft Navigator - Major Maxim A. Kvasov [Cargo ID #1182]

Maxim Kvasov

Aircraft Navigator - Major Unit: A-50u “Mainstay” (Red 37 RF-93966), 610th Combat Operations Center, 2457th Aviation Base in Ivanovo Cargo ID: #1182 English Name: Maxim A. Kvasov Russian Name: Квасов Максим А. Lived in: Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia Place of Death: Sea of Azov, South of Berdyans’k, Ukraine (Mim 104

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Unknown Crew - Major Alexander S, Shadrov [Cargo ID 1183]

Alexander Shadrov

Unknown Crew - Major Unit: A-50u “Mainstay” (Red 37 RF-93966), 610th Combat Operations Center, 2457th Aviation Base in Ivanovo Cargo ID: #1183 English Name: Alexander S, Shadrov Russian Name: Шадров Александр С. Date of Birth: October 23, 1981 (age: 42 years) Lived in: Ivanovo, Ivanovo Oblast, Russia Place of Death:

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