Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force

Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force
Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force
Главнокомандующий ВВС
	Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
	Incumbent; Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov; since c. July 2019
	Russian Air Force
Member of	General Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to	Commander of the Aerospace Forces
Appointer	President of Russia
Formation	June 9, 1917 (historical); August 1991 (current form)

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force (Russian: Главнокомандующий ВВС, romanized: Glavnokomanduyushchiy VVS) is the chief commanding authority of the Russian Air Force. He is appointed by the President of Russia. The position dates to the Russian Revolution in 1917.

Commander-in-Chief of Russian Air Force
Главнокомандующий ВВС
Flag of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Air Force
Incumbent Lieutenant General Sergey Dronov since c. July 2019
Russian Air Force
Member of	General Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to	Commander of the Aerospace Forces
Appointer	President of Russia
Formation	June 9, 1917 (historical) August 1991 (current form)

Historical Air Forces of Russia
Russian Empire
Emperor's Military Air Fleet (1909–1917)
Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
Workers and Peasants Red Air Fleet (1918–1991)
USSR, Commonwealth of Independent States
Military Air Forces of the USSR (1918–1992) Aviation of the Military Maritime Fleet (1918–1992) Anti-Air Defence Troops (1948–1992) Strategic Rocket Forces (1959–1992)
Russian Federation
Military Air Forces of the Russian Federation (1991–present^[update]) Aviation of the Military Maritime Fleet (1991–present^[update]) Strategic Rocket Forces (1991–present^[update])