Igor Tkachenko

For the football player, see Igor Tkachenko (footballer).
Igor Tkachenko
Born(1964-07-26)26 July 1964
Venzy Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Died16 August 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 45)
Moscow Oblast, Russia
Allegiance Soviet Union
 Russian Federation
Service / branch Soviet Air Force
Russian Air Force
Years of service1980's - 2009
RankGuard Colonel
AwardsHero of the Russian Federation
Russian Knights salute in memory of Igor Tkachenko, leader of the group, who died during practice a week earlier.

Igor Valentinovich Tkachenko (Russian: И́горь Валенти́нович Ткаче́нко, July 26, 1964 — August 16, 2009) was a Russian military pilot with the rank of Colonel, Russian Knights group leader, Chief of the 237th Guards Aviation Showing Center of the Russian Air Force at Kubinka air base. He was killed in a mid-air collision whilst practicing for the 2009 MAKS Airshow.[1][2]

He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation honorary title posthumously on August 22, 2009, and the main-belt asteroid 269390 Igortkachenko, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin in 2009, was named in his memory.[2] Naming citation was published on 19 September 2013 (M.P.C. 85018).[3]

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References

  1. ^ Pilot dies as Russia jets collide, BBC News Online
  2. ^ a b "269390 Igortkachenko (2009 QA34)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
  3. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
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