Background
KOLDUNOV, Chief Marshal Aleksandr Ivanovich was born on September 20, 1923 in Moshchinovo, Smolensk Oblast.
KOLDUNOV, Chief Marshal Aleksandr Ivanovich was born on September 20, 1923 in Moshchinovo, Smolensk Oblast.
Kachinsky Military Aviation Academy 1943, Military Aviation Academy 1952, Military Academy, of General Staff 1960.
Joined Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1944; served in Soviet army since 1941. Graduated Kachinsky Military Aviation Academy 1943, Military
Aviation Academy 1952, Military
Academy, of General Staff 1960. Fought on South.W. and Third Ukrainian Fronts 1943-1945.
Flew 358 missions, involved in 96 air battles and personally shot down 46 enemy aircraft. Commander of Air Regiment, then Deputy Commander of Aviation, then Commander, Baku District.
First Deputy Commander, then Commander of air defence forces, Baku District 70.
Chief of Air Defence Forces, Moscow District 1970-1975. First Deputy -in-C. Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Air Defence Forces 1975-1978, Commander in Chief 1978-1987. Rank of Chief Marshal of Aviation 1984.
Candidate.
Deputy to Supreme Soviet since 1974. Deputy Minister of Defence 87. General Inspector, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Ministry of Defence Inspectorate since 1987.
Central Committee, Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1971-1981, member since 1981.