Air Command West


The Air Command West is the military unit of the Ukrainian Air Force located in the western part of Ukraine.

History

In the course of reforming the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2004, the Air Command "West" with headquarters in Lviv was created on the funds of the 28th Air Defense Corps and the 14th Aviation Corps.
Its regions contained Volyn Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Lviv Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Chernivtsi Oblast and is defined by points:
  • 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d.
  • 51°23'00" N. 27°45'00" E. d.
  • 50°19'41" N. 27°07'41" E. d.
  • 50°05'60" N. 27°12'05" E. d.
  • 49°45'42" N. 27°51'00" E. d.
  • 48°43'31" N. 27°50'26" E. d.
  • 48°29'29" N. 27°35'50" E. d.
  • Border of Ukraine Ukraine with the Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus
  • 51°28'17" N. 27°45'35" E. d.
The main tasks of the "Zahid" PvK are reliable cover from air strikes of large industrial and economic districts, administrative centers, chemical industry facilities in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi NPPs, as well as important communications and military facilities in the Western, Central and South-Western Ukraine.

Organization

The composition of the Air Command "West" includes:
management

Commanders