Viktor Bondarev

Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General

Viktor Bondarev
Hero of the Russian Federation Colonel General; Viktor Bondarev
	Bondarev in 2012
Native name	Виктор Николаевич Бондарев
Born	7 December 1959; Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union (to 1991); Russia
Service / branch	Soviet Air Forces; Russian Air Force; Russian Aerospace Forces
Years of service	1977–2017
Rank	Colonel general
Commands	Russian Air Force; Russian Aerospace Forces
Battles / wars	Syrian Civil War
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation; Order of Courage; Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR;

Viktor Nikolayevich Bondarev (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Бондарев; born 7 December 1959) is a retired Russian colonel general and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces (1 August 2015 – 26 September 2017), and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force before it became a branch of the Aerospace Forces (6 May 2012 – 1 August 2015). He replaced Alexander Zelin, who was dismissed from the military on 27 April 2012.