Aleksandr Golovko

Colonel General

Aleksandr Golovko
Colonel General; Aleksandr Golovko
	Golovko in 2017
Native name	Олександр Валентинович Головко
Born	29 January 1964 (age 60); Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union; (now Dnipro, Ukraine)
Allegiance	Russia
Service/branch	Russian Space Force
Years of service	1981–present
Rank	Colonel general
Commands held	Aerospace Defence Forces; Plesetsk Cosmodrome; Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Centre;

Aleksandr Valentinovich Golovko (Russian: Александр Валентинович Головко, Ukrainian: Олександр Валентинович Головко; born 29 January 1964) is a Russian colonel general in the Russian military and commander of the Russian Space Forces since 1 August 2015.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Between 24 December 2012 until 31 July 2015 he was the Commander of the Aerospace Defence Forces.

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^ "Командующим войсками воздушно-космической обороны назначен Головко". RIA Novosti. 24 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
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