Oleksandr Oksanchenko | |
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| Native name | Олександр Оксанченко |
| Birth name | Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko |
| Nickname(s) | Grey Wolf |
| Born | 26 April 1968 Malomykhailivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 25 February 2022 (aged 53) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Allegiance |  Soviet Union (1989–1991) Ukraine (1991–2018, 2022) |
| Service |  Soviet Air Forces Ukrainian Air Force |
| Years of service | 1989–2018 2022 |
| Rank | Colonel (Polkovnyk) |
| Unit | 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade[1] |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Order of Danylo Halytsky Order of the Gold Star (posthumously) |
| Alma mater | Kharkiv Higher Military Aviation School of Pilots |
| Children | 2 |
Oleksandr Yakovych Oksanchenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Якович Оксанченко; 26 April 1968 – 25 February 2022), nicknamed the Grey Wolf, was a Ukrainian fighter pilot and city councilor in Myrhorod. He was a colonel in the Ukrainian Air Force who won awards in several air shows before retiring in 2018. In 2022, he returned to serve in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was killed by a Russian S-400 missile during the Battle of Kyiv. He was posthumously awarded the Order of Gold Star.