Media: Sources reported a change of commander in chief of the Russian Aerospace Force

The commander of the aerospace forces, instead of Viktor Bondarev, who goes to the Federation Council, will be the commander of the Russian grouping of troops in Syria, Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin, two sources in the Russian military reported, reports RIA News.

Colonel-General Surovikin will take up his duties as Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Force in October of this year.

- said the source, adding that this information has already been brought to the senior staff of the VKS.

The second source in the department also confirmed the information on the appointment of Surovikin.

The Kremlin refused to comment on these messages. “We do not announce personnel decisions,” said Dmitry Peskov, the Russian presidential spokesman.

Sergey Surovikin was born on October 11 1966 of the year in Novosibirsk. In 1987, he graduated from the Omsk Higher All-Arms Command School, and later with honors from the Frunze Military Academy and the Military Academy of the General Staff. Since June, 2004, commanded the 42-th Guards Division, stationed in Chechnya.

In 2008, he became Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff; in 2010, he served as Chief of Staff of the Privolzhsko-Uralsky, and subsequently - the Central Military District.

From April 2012, Surovikin served in the central office of the Ministry of Defense. In October 2012, he was appointed chief of staff - first deputy commander of the Eastern Military District, and a year later - commander of the BBO. Since June, he commanded the Russian group in Syria.

Comments

[DEPARTMENT]

I went for a raise! Come on, Surovikin, justify your last name!

[oldseaman1957]

Media: Sources reported a change of commander in chief of the Russian Aerospace Force

- Rotation, however. As a result, there are more fired generals. And the pilots, so one hundred percent: aces!

[Nasrat]

Have you read the article carefully?

[oldseaman1957]

Quote: Nasr

Have you read the article carefully?

- Unscramble.

[Nasrat]

"... More generals fired upon ... And the pilots, so one hundred percent: aces!"

And Colonel General Surovikin is not a pilot ....

[Nasrat]

Quote: oldseaman1957

- It seems you need a snack ...

It happens..

[Vladimir16]

With what fright would the infantry command the pilots? When will it end? Is he just a good guy?
Really among our pilots there was no commander?

[afrikanez]

Yes, we have almost all the ministers, they do not work according to their profile. This Russian punishment is evident. The ignoramuses teach scientists!

[Vladimir16]

But this infantryman needs to make decisions on the formation of a videoconferencing system, on the procurement of equipment (aircraft, helicopters, etc., etc.). How will he do it? In the BEST case, on the advice of subordinates who are in the subject (pilots). Or CAM decides. The infantry will decide what the plane should be !!!
Well done Shoigu !!! Faithful is coming !!! The main thing is not to stumble.
Here, many Shoigu praise. But it is his job to appoint commanders. Infantry in the sky, sailors in the field, and pilots in the sea. Innovation!!!
And then there were a lot of fans of this rotation. What do people think?

[NIKNN]

Quote: Vladimir16

But this infantryman needs to make decisions on the formation of the videoconferencing

Yeah ... again in the belts and boots will have to fly ...

[Flyer_64]

Infantry in the sky, sailors in the field, and pilots in the sea.

Pilots on the obstacle course in full gear. The new norm in phys.

[weksha50]

Quote: Vladimir16

With what fright would the infantry command the pilots? When will it end? Is he just a good guy?

Well so ... The neighbors-Ukrainians are commanded by the naval forces as an armored cavalry tanker ... A bad example is contagious ...

But seriously ... Dmitry Ustinov was neither a military man, nor even a pilot or sailor ... However, with him all the branches and types of troops were substantially provided with new weapons ...
Surovikin is a combined arms soldier, and that says a lot, if not all ... After the General Staff Academy, he possesses at least theoretical strategic thinking, and his practice in Syria allows us to judge the need for changes in the Air Force-VKS, both by type of vehicles, and their modernization, preparation of pilots for combat use, etc., etc.
At least I didn’t sell stools, so in vain you mock this appointment ...

[verner1967]

Quote: weksha50

But seriously ... Dmitry Ustinov was not a regular military officer, much less a pilot or a sailor ...

since 1941, the People’s Commissar, and then the USSR Minister of Arms, therefore

Quote: weksha50

under him, all branches and types of troops were substantially provided with new weapons ...

and this is all theory:

Quote: weksha50

After the General Staff Academy, he possesses at least theoretical strategic thinking, and only his practice in Syria allows us to judge the need for changes in the Air Force-VKS

[Flyer_64]

Sergei Surovikin was born on October 11, 1966 in Novosibirsk. In 1987 he graduated from the Omsk Higher Combined Arms Command School, and subsequently graduated with honors from the Frunze Military Academy and the General Staff Military Academy

Indicate which university applies to at least aviation.

[maxim947]

The commander is certainly strong, but the general investigator in the VKS? to put it mildly strange of course ...

[AlexSam]

the grass grows around the take-off too ... paint the grass, sweep the take-off, birds build! General Surovikin is coming!

[AleksUkr]

Baby Do not suffer from stupidity. After all, VKS are those only planes ... But actually - you served in the army? If yes, then it is clearly visible that you, in addition to painting the grass, did not fit anything ...
To gloat is not a MAN's business. Although this is what I’m talking about ... After all, it’s not enough to be born a man, you still need to serve in the army ... Dare. Maybe you will have time ....

[Govorun]

After reading your comment, I want to ask ... how about your head? By your logic, a full-fledged man is the one that went through the army ??? And if a person was not taken for any reason, is he NOT a man? Did I understand you correctly ?!. Explain your statement ...

[voron770247]

Very good a rare case, you can take it as an exception to the rule when a cool football player becomes a good coach ... And vice versa.

[Solomon Kane]

Shoigu Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic graduated, an excellent minister. It depends on a person’s desire to be useful and help the country ....

[dauria]

Shoigu Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic University graduated, excellent minister

Well, since a builder who has not served can be the Minister of Defense, then everything is fine.
There are deputies for work. Or maybe Shoigu in the Ministry of Health or the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences?
Here, most likely, they simply place "their" people. So I’m not surprised for a long time. Tea, not with the “Scoop” we live. It is necessary to understand - personal devotion is more important than any kind of professional garbage. And if the position is close to cash flows - even more so.

[Vladimir16]

I agree with you. "Devotees" rule Russia. That was a hundred years ago. All general in champagne and on white horses. And it happened that they defended the homeland so the race of the commander-in-chief was betrayed, and then they lost the war to the peasants. But they swore allegiance to the King in the name of the Lord. And all as one were faithful people. But in the end they turned out to be traitors. And interestingly, the root in this word is the same.
And it started too small.

Quote: Solomon Kane

Shoigu Krasnoyarsk Polytechnic graduated, an excellent minister. It depends on a person’s desire to be useful and help the country ....

A good person is not a profession. When infantry rules the pilots, this is an unhealthy situation.

[Socialism 2.0]

The tsar was not far from them - he disowned him and received the bullet for it.

[Flyer_64]

fingers are not enough to talk about Shoigu shoals.

[Esoteric]

Quote: maxim947

The commander is certainly strong, but the general investigator in the VKS? to put it mildly strange of course ...

In fact, a combined-arms operation using the airborne forces gives the final result, not an air raid, as the Americans and their partners from Israel do ...

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: Esoteric

In fact, a combined-arms operation using the airborne forces gives the final result, not an air raid, as the Americans and their partners from Israel do ...

Then you need to put the general from the infantry on the fleet --- according to your logic, they only transport soldiers to Syria and “Caliber” clear the way for the infantry.
They do this in Ukraine, but they don’t have a fleet or aircraft, by and large, so you can even appoint a centurion of the Maidan and it won’t be any worse ( ). And here we have quite independent and powerful forces, with their own specifics and traditions.

[Juborg]

Just a little clarification! And what does the combined-arms general have to do with aviation? As they say "born to crawl, can not fly!" Doctors do not set the heads of doctors from the hospital administrators. Although everything is possible today, after all, the fleet is commanded by land generals today, whose admirals are directly subordinate.

[kapitan92]

Quote: DEPARTMENT

I went for a raise! Come on, Surovikin, justify your last name!

Combined Arms set to command the VKS! Very wise !?

[zivXP]

Usually the Air Force commanders of the pilots will be. Well, now it’s now renamed to the videoconferencing system.

[forester]

He is not only a combined arms soldier. If you read carefully, he also graduated from the General Staff Academy, and this is far from a highly specialized educational institution, which allowed him to adequately carry out the operation in Syria

[Stas157]

Quote: kapitan92

Combined Arms set to command the VKS! Very wise !?

The pilots were apparently considered unsuitable. I also do not understand this decision. The commander of the videoconferencing should only be a pilot.

[Sergey Kolosov]

Listen to you, why not an astronaut? It's VKS! I think the main thing is not for fool @ k! And he seems to be an intelligent man.

[Iline]

Quote: Sergey Kolosov

I think the main thing is not for fool @ k!

At one time, army aviation was transferred under the command of an infantry. It seems that smart men were in command, but it turned out to be "sadness." I almost lost this aircraft.
In naval aviation, things are a little better, but even there, pilots complain about service "according to the laws of the sea" and constantly ask the Air Force (VKS, if you like).
References to Shoigu are incorrect due to the fact that he is a MoD with his tasks in front of the troops, and professionals in their field command specific types and arms of the RF Armed Forces. At least until the event under discussion. If you recall, the USSR Armed Forces at the time was commanded by Ustinov. But he is not a military man at all, he began training, roughly speaking, in vocational schools. But under him, the USSR had a very powerful army.
The MO is primarily the organizer and inspector of the activity of the troops, but specifically, professionals in their field should command it.

[NEXUS]

Quote: kapitan92

Combined Arms set to command the VKS! Very wise !?

Nothing that the Minister of Defense in general left the Ministry of Emergencies? And it seems like the army with him became only more effective.

[Govorun]

Well, you then know better from the sofa whom to put ...

[neland]

Everything is natural. Increase after a successful operation in Syria: they threw disinformation to the Americans, on their tip the "barmalei" went on the offensive and received from the VKS, the Moscow Region accused the Americans of assaulting our specialists. Shah and mate.

[Maz]

Greetings. And then in the Federation Council there are many empty and superfluous people.

[MoJloT]

We wish you good luck and success in your new position. We are waiting for decisive action!

[Hey]

And what side is it to aviation and space?

[Snail N9]

And what side is it to aviation and space?

Probably the same side as the notorious "furniture maker" at one time belonged to all the armed forces. This one will be closer.

[Nasrat]

Quote: MUD

And what side is it to aviation and space?

My question was the same ... I read the article twice already ..

[d ^ Amir]

direct ... in Syria, the main strike component what ????? right - the Russian VKS ... and space for Syria is more like reconnaissance and target designation .... so just wish good luck in your new position !!!! and SU-57 to the troops more ...

[Nasrat]

It’s good to command not the fleet, but the VKS ...

[d ^ Amir]

what ??? also a fleet !!! only air ....

[WUA 518]

Quote: d ^ Amir

so just wish good luck

That's it!
Only good luck!

[FID]

Quote: WUA 518

That's it!
Only good luck!

Sasha! Well them .... to the mother ...

[Alikos]

Quote: MUD

And what side is it to aviation and space?

According to the principle of loyalty to the Body ...

[Stena]

This is very similar to the mistake of the editors! He is an infantry specialist! Now he commands in Syria (and very sensible - like the modern Rokkosovsky =))). Great tactician! But not a pilot ever =) ...

[patsak]

This is more like the mistake of personnel officers ... and maybe of high leadership. Sergei Vladimirovich, judging by his career and affairs, a man with his head and a real servant, but each type and type of troops has its own specifics. Personally, my opinion is a too risky appointment, and for the videoconferencing system (a combined arms dealer with “good” intentions can break such firewood in a short period of time that it will hiccup for decades) and for Surovikin (if he does it hell, they will quickly forget about past merits and the whole career will be worthless)

[Esoteric]

Quote: Stena

This is very similar to the mistake of the editors! He is an infantry specialist! Now he commands in Syria (and very sensible - like the modern Rokkosovsky =))). Great tactician! But not a pilot ever =) ...

The commander’s task is not to aim missiles and bombs on the target, but tactical development with the timely use of forces and means, and not so that they saw how they flew, but were ashamed to shoot down ...

[Rushnairfors]

"TACTICAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE TIMELY USE OF FORCES AND MEANS" ....... Engage in esotericism, you will succeed.

[tomket]

Quote: Stena

Syria (and very sensible - like the modern Rokkosovsky =))). Great tactician! But not a pilot never =) ..

Well, maybe it’s better for the commander in chief of the ground forces?

[Andrei from Chelyabinsk]

Has anyone understood anything? Me not.

[WUA 518]

Quote: Andrey from Chelyabinsk

Has anyone understood anything? Me not.

For April 1, it seems a bit early!

[Rushnairfors]

Army insanity is growing stronger, I imagine what awaits us when listening to the guys serving in naval aviation, how bad it is to serve under sailors, people who do not understand, in principle, what aviation is and the basis of its combat training:
- Well, what do you need, comrade aviators?
- kerosene would be comrade Rear Admiral, flying a little, no training.
- Hmm ... How often do you fly?
-2-3 shifts per month.
- In the month? You oh .... do you ??? We go to sea once a quarter, and you have three days A MONTH is not enough? In general, you will manage.
One example of how sailors understand the training of pilots by comparing the training of the fleet with the training of aviation.

[Snail N9]

Another "multi-way", no?

[WUA 518]

Quote: Snail N9

Another "multi-way", no?

In that case, checkmate!

[Thunderbolt]

"... pilots who do not pass the standards for trenching and marching in full calculation will not be allowed to fly! Your Commander."

[Rushnairfors]

Stormbreaker, you are a huge plus, but I have yet to sew epaulets for chevretki I suggest depriving the prize.

[RL]

Just for fun.
What is the percentage of civilians and “former” military personnel in the Council of Federations?

The Kremlin declined to comment on these messages. “We are not announcing staffing decisions,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president. But, it seems, the Supreme Commander is in the Kremlin, so who, if not He, will “announce”?

[Sergej1972]

Not in the Council of Federations, but in the Federation Council.

[pvv113]

Am I misunderstanding something? Since when did the infantry command aviation?

[Rushnairfors]

Pvv113 but there’s nothing to be surprised at, I admit sometimes I begin to envy demobels. The most interesting thing is that he will begin to drag infantry into the deputies, all sorts of services, in commissions, and so the Air Force is not like the Air Force, endless combat shows, singing songs and walking combat training, passing tests according to MILITARY ENGINEERING !!!!! !! (why does she need a pilot ???????), the days of the RCBB, and sometimes during pre-flight directions they announce a signal, and so on - alarming suitcases are monotonous camouflage with artillery sets, driving KAMAZs !!!!!!!! (this option is true applicable to senior aviation commanders and only at training camps, but there is a determination of the command to introduce passing tests for driving and among the electorate) - AND NOW MORE AS THE CHIEF INFANTER. Precisely, we’ll start the coveralls and the shoulder straps will be sewn on.

[pvv113]

And the crews will again begin to fly in belts and chrome boots
I did not find this, but older comrades told. I was confronted only with the fact that the colonel of GIMO was surprised to look for epaulettes on the flight technical form

[WUA 518]

Quote: pvv113

I was only faced with the fact that the Colonel of GIMO was surprised to look for a shoulder strap on the flight technical uniform

GIMOznikov survived twice!
Sobbed !!!

[pvv113]

Here I am twice

[Rushnairfors]

God bless them with boots, I agree to this. But more often now we go the other way - for the sake of filling in paperwork and passing various offsets and other things, we start to neglect flights, but this is already scary. I am not opposed to the fact that we must shoot without a miss and run like commandos, and also know the depth of the opening of the trench for firing standing and time standards. The question is different — in all this preparation, I devote less time to preparing for flights, indirect results of such activities directly affect the quality of flights and safety, in recent years the number of AI and AIS in terms of human factors has increased, this is precisely due to the fact that in aviation, less attention was paid to professional and official training and more to combined arms, and in the event of a real war, I would not need all these disguises, chemical smokes and physically. Nevertheless, they hush up teaching and passing it all, and deprive those who don’t take it, so we have a great monetary incentive

[pvv113]

Previously, there were no prizes; they served not for fear, but for conscience. And the tests were taken twice a year - for a six-month and annual final inspection.

[WUA 518]

Quote: pvv113

There were no bonuses before

The thirteenth was also a good lever to put pressure on the Adam's apple. Yes and leave on December 31 for the 12th blow of the chimes, distribution of apartments, transfer, admission to the academy. There were many incentives.

[pvv113]

We have one ensign for the 13th defended at the cash desk for about three hours, and he was told that he was deprived.

[WUA 518]

Quote: pvv113

he was told that he was deprived.

Cool in your department!
Usually we were warned when we get off the carving, that we walk on thin ice.
Even if someone was deprived of EDV, then not completely.
In order to be completely canceled, it was necessary to fly in large!

[pvv113]

This was the very first time EDV was issued. And the warrant officer’s flight was large at that time: in the country Gorbachevschina, and he decided to build a drunken chief of staff of the division for the fact that he did not give a smoke

[WUA 518]

Quote: pvv113

and he decided to build a drunken head of the division for not letting him smoke

Well, damn it!!!!!
Mentally applaud!

[Dietmar]

Apparently, a worthy comrade!

[Mountain shooter]

Well, in Syria, he competently directed. Now there the "acute phase" is already ending, so it's time to increase ...

[Rushnairfors]

Shamanov, Troshev, Kazantsev also coped well in Chechnya. It’s interesting that they weren’t put in command of the Air Force or the Navy?

[Andrew]

VKS handsome!

[Sewer krainiy]

Quote: juborg

Just a little clarification! And what does the combined-arms general have to do with aviation? As they say "born to crawl, can not fly!" Doctors do not set the heads of doctors from the hospital administrators. Although everything is possible today, after all, the fleet is commanded by land generals today, whose admirals are directly subordinate.

Thinking is necessary ...

[KBR109]

Madhouse. Another furniture maker.

[Sewer krainiy]

Quote: pvv113

Am I misunderstanding something? Since when did the infantry command aviation?

Maybe not by aviation, but by operation ...

[HEATHER]

I’ll just express my opinion. The general commissar-commander of the VKS. Perhaps an intelligent man. But the profile was not found?

[Penzyac]

Quote: Snail N9

Another "multi-way", no?

Do you think Shoigu’s promotion is going to take place after the presidential election? ...
Like, saved the army, the turn for the economy? ...

[Stock]

The furniture maker has Zubkov’s father-in-law, and this one? A painfully fast career in all places for 1 year, at 42 years old, even jumped to GOU ... "Since June, he has been commanding the Russian group in Syria." Before him, almost everything was done by serious generals. And this heroic star will receive, because not yet ... Inflates his cheeks, but on a piece of paper reports without taking his eyes off. Pilots have traditions and flying authority. The furniture maker shattered many sensible officers with impunity. Conclusion: successfully married.

[tolmachiev51]

Would there be any sense !!! ??? Among the flyers, there are no worthy?

[Ryazan87]

Curious: General Sergei Surovikin played a rather remarkable role in the events of August 1991. However, then he was still not a general, of course:
"... In August 1991, with the rank of captain, he acted as commander of a motorized rifle battalion of the Taman Guards Motorized Rifle Division. The battalion of 20 BMP-1 and one BRDM-2 was sent by order of the State Emergency Committee to issue commandant posts on the Garden Ring. During The incident in the tunnel on the Garden Ring killed three young people: Dmitry Komar (crushed by caterpillars while maneuvering the BMP), Ilya Krichevsky and Vladimir Usov (shot). After the GKChP defeat, Surovikin was arrested and was under investigation for about 7 months. As a result, the charges were removed because he was following the orders of the leadership. Surovikin was not just released, but promoted by personal order of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin.".
Well, and more:
1. there was a criminal record for the sale of weapons (extinguished, then completely removed).
2. "... Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Tsibizov complained to the garrison prosecutor’s office that he was beaten by his senior chief, division commander Major General Sergey Surovikin. According to the victim, the reason for the beating in the general’s office was that Tsibizov at the by-elections to the State Duma on March 14, he voted “not for that candidate.” (Tsibizov later withdrew the application).
3. "In April 2004, in the office of Surovikin, in the presence of himself and the deputy commander of the district’s troops, the deputy commander of the armament division, Colonel Andrei Shtakal, shot himself dead."
Finally, the wife of the general, Anna Surovikina, is also a very interesting figure. Business woman:
".... The wife of the commander of the Eastern Military District, Sergei Surovikin, with an income of 44,021 million rubles, took second place in the list of the richest spouses of the department’s employees. She has three apartments with a total area of ​​479 sq. M, three land plots (with a total area of ​​about 4,1 thousand sq. M), as well as a house (686 sq. M), a parking place (12 sq. M) and non-residential premises (182 sq. M.) Surovikina is also the owner of the Lexus RX 350. Her husband earned in 2016, four times less than the spouse - 10,4 million rubles. He has two apartments with a total area of ​​623 square meters, as well as a Dodge Nitro car. "
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3384246 - про компанию Аргус.
Well and also: "an interview with the head of the Swiss rejuvenation center Versua Clinic, a successful business lady Anna Surovikina" On the crisis, business and beauty "..." - https://ura.news/news/1052209831

[Alex Justice]

If true, retire him. Let his wife in business help without an army.

[Ryazan87]

If you doubted about income: http://mil.ru/anti-corruption/income_info.htm (file for 2016).
The official website of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation publishes information.

[longin]

"Infantry" will steer the VKS. Trumpet...

[iouris]

The VKS will work for the "infantry": no romanticism.