Corps Commander - General

Unit: Mixed Aviation Corps, Northern Fleet, Leningrad Military District

Formerly: Commander of the 45th Air and Air Defense Forces Army, Northern Fleet, Leningrad Military District (2015-2024); Chief of Naval Aviation of the Black Sea Fleet (2010-2013)

Cargo ID: #2100

English Name: Alexander Ivanovich Otroshchenko

Russian Name: Отрощенко, Александр Иванович

Education: Stavropol Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots and Navigators (graduated 1994); Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (graduated 2005)

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Promoted to Lt. General on February 22, 2019

Date of Birth: March 21, 1962 (age: 64 years)

Place of Birth: Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, Russia

Date of Death: March 31, 2026

Place of Death: Belbek Valley, Crimea, Ukraine (via plane crash)

The cause of the crash has not been confirmed. 29 Russians were killed in the crash, including 6 officers of the Northern Fleet staff.

Registered Address: Russia, Krasnodar Krai, Anapa district, Tsibanobalka village, Sadovaya street, 52/2

Passport: 3006 № 375014

Previously Deployed: Syria, Ukraine (2014)

Awards:
Order of Merit for the Fatherland 4th Class,
Order "For Military Merit",
Medal "Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union S.G. Gorshkov",
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st Class,
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 2nd Class,
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd Class,
Medal "Participant of the Military Operation in Syria",
Medal "For Service in Naval Infantry",
Medal "For Service in Naval Aviation",
Title "Honored Military Pilot of the Russian Federation",
Memorial Sign "Air Defense of Russia",
Badge "Military Sniper Pilot",
Badge "Graduation from a Higher Education Institution"

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