Anatoliy Mykolayovych Kryvonozhko – Commander of the Air Force (PS) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Lieutenant General.
Place of Birth, Education
He was born on July 23, 1965.
Military career
In the period from 2006 to 2008, Krivonozhko was the commander of the 114th Tactical Aviation Brigade.
Since 2015, he headed the Air Command “Center” of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As of August 24, 2023, under his command, against the backdrop of a full-scale war with the Russian Federation (RF), more than 1160 air objects, more than 100 ground targets, as well as one surface target, were eliminated in the area of responsibility of the Air Force.
On August 30, 2024, he was appointed Acting Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and from August 3, 2025, he officially headed the Air Force.
Awards
On June 10, 2022, he received the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, III degree, and on March 19, 2022, he received the Order of Danylo Halytskyi.
On August 24, 2023, Kryvonozhko was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine. Before that, on January 13 of the same year, he was awarded the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, II degree.
