Lieutenant General
Viacheslav
Shamko
Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force
Lieutenant General Viacheslav Shamko is a graduate of the Dnipropetrovsk Higher Air Defence Command School (1984). He also graduated from the Kharkiv Military University in 1999 (staff college) and the National Defense University of Ukraine in 2005 (war college). Holds a professional bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees. Started his career as a crew chief in an AD battery and proceeded to the GBAD brigade commander. He also served at various staff positions, as well as commanded three regional Air Force commands, before he was appointed as the Chief of Staff – Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force in 2017.
Information provided is current as of February 2023
From the Author
Air Power in the Russian-Ukrainian War: Myths and Lessons Learned
View from the Command Post
By Col
Artem
Antonov
By Lt Gen
Mykola
Oleshchuk
By Lt Gen
Viacheslav
Shamko
Editor’s note: The JAPCC is presenting this article as a personal account from the Ukraine Air Chief and staff in their own words to further the public discourse on the war in Ukraine. The views [...]
