Flight Commander
Unit: 368th Assault Aviation Regiment, 4th Air and Air Defence Forces, Southern Military District
Cargo ID: #528
Full Name: Ivan Aleksandrovich Vorobyov
Russian Name: Воробьёв Иван Александрович
Date of Birth: April 6, 1988 (age: 34 years)
Place of Birth: Dzhambul (now Taraz), the Republic of Kazakhstan
Lived in: Staroye Tarbeevo, Michurinsky district, Tambov region
Education: Krasnodar Military Flight School (2009)
Awards: "For Distinction in Military Service" 3rd degree, "For participation in the military parade to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For Distinction in Competitions" , “Participant in the military operation in Syria.” Order of Courage (ph.)
Previously Served: Syria
Lieutenant Ivan Aleksandrovich Vorobyov was assigned to the city of Morozovsk, Rostov Region, to the position of crew commander of a Su-24 aircraft. There, a young family had a son, Roman, and three years later, having received a new assignment, the Vorobyovs settled in the city of Budennovsk, where Ivan Aleksandrovich, with the rank of captain, flew a Su-25 aircraft.
In October – November 2021, Ivan Vorobyov participated in a military operation in Syria and was awarded the medal “For participation in hostilities in Syria.” He jokingly told his family that he was digging potatoes in the Moscow region.
In November 2021, Ivan Aleksandrovich Vorobyov was awarded the rank of major, he received the position of flight commander, and the young family purchased a two-room apartment in the Moscow region using a housing certificate.
Major Ivan Aleksandrovich Vorobyov was shot down on March 4, 2022 in the Volnovakha area, near the village of Beryozovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
He was buried in the military cemetery in the village of Staroye Tarbeevo.
Awarded the Order of Courage (posthumously).
Su-25SM3 "08 Red" RF-93026
368th Assault Aviation Regiment, Airfield Budennovsk, Stavropol region
Pilot - Major Vorobyov Ivan Aleksandrovich (Cargo ID #528) ( denazified )
Demilitarized on March 4, 2022 near Volnovakha, Donetsk region from Piorun MANPADS
Of note after Major Ivan Aleksandrovich Vorobyov (Cargo ID #528) was shot down, Mi-8MTV-5 "57 Blue "Nikolai Maidanov"" RF-04525 Piloted by Major Shevtsov Alexander Yurievich (Cargo ID #265) tried to rescue him, he also was shot down and Killed.
