Helicopter Navigator
Unit: 487th Separate Helicopter Regiment for Flight Training, 4th Air and Air Defense Forces Army, Southern Military District
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Note: Alexander was stationed in Kansk, which is the home of the 712th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment. This unit is equipped exclusively with MiG-31BM's. It appears he was being retrained as a helicopter navigator at the time of the crash.
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Crashed near the village of Svitle, Dzhankoi Raion, Crimea, in a training accident. His pilot was Major Evgeny Polyakov [Cargo ID #788].
Cargo ID: #868
English Name: Alexander Alexandrovich Bondarev
Russian Name: Бондарев Александр Александрович
Date of Birth: January 31, 1978 (age: 45 years)
Place of Birth: village of Sakkulovo, Sauzbashevsky Selsoviet, Krasnokamsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia
Education: Chelyabinsk Higher Command School of Navigators
Social Media: OK.ru
Awards: Order of Courage (ph.)





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