Pavel Kutakhov (marshal)

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Years of service 1935–1984 Service/branch Red Army Commands held Soviet Air Force Unit Red Army		Name Pavel Kutakhov Role Marshal

Born August 3, 1914 Malokirsanovka, Don Voisko Oblast (now Rostov Oblast), Russian Empire ( 1914-08-03 ) Buried at Novodevichy Cemetery, (Moscow) Allegiance Soviet Union (1935–1984) Rank Chief Marshal of Aviation Battles/wars Soviet-Finnish War, World War II Died December 3, 1984, Moscow, Russia Place of burial Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow, Russia Similar People Semyon Timoshenko, Kliment Voroshilov, Joseph Stalin, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Battles and wars Winter War, Eastern Front

Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov (Russian: Кутахов, Павел Степанович) was Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Air Forces between 1969 and 1984, Chief Marshal of Aviation since 1972, twice Hero of Soviet Union (1943, 1984), Honored Pilot of USSR (1966).

After the Israeli Operation Mole Cricket 19 in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon in 1982, when large numbers of Soviet-built Syrian fighters and surface-to-air missiles were destroyed, Kutakhov travelled to Syria to evaluate the outcome.