Cadre Changes

President Medvedev’s December 8 decree . . . some appointments in VVKO.

Appoint:

• Colonel Viktor Musavirovich Afzalov, Commander, 4th Air Defense Brigade, relieved as Commander, 4th Aerospace Defense Brigade.
• General-Lieutenant Valeriy Aleksandrovich Bratishchenko, Deputy Commander, Air and Missile Defense Command, relieved as Deputy Commander, Operational-Strategic Command of Aerospace Defense.
• Colonel Andrey Gennadyevich Demin, Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander, Air and Missile Defense Command, relieved as Commander, 1st Aerospace Defense Brigade, 1st Air Forces and Air Defense Command.
• Colonel Andrey Vasilyevich Ilin, Chief, 153rd Main Space Test Center.
• Colonel Anatoliy Nikolayevich Nestechuk, Deputy Commander, Space Command.

Relieve:

• General-Major Aleksandr Ivanovich Afinogentov, Chief of Staff, First Deputy Commander, Long-Range Aviation.