Rail Rzayev

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Rail Rzayev
Commander of Azerbaijani Air and Air Defense Forces
In office 1993 – February 11, 2009
President	Heydar Aliyev Ilham Aliyev
Preceded by	office established
Succeeded by	Altay Mehdiyev
Personal details
Born	(1945-03-10)March 10, 1945 Salyan, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Died	February 11, 2009(2009-02-11) (aged 63) Baku, Azerbaijan
Military service
Branch/service	Azerbaijani Air Force
Years of service	1966-2009
Rank	Lieutenant General

Lieutenant General Rail Rzayev (Azerbaijani: Rail Qurban oğlu Rzayev; March 10, 1945^[1] – February 11, 2009) was the Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force from shortly after Azerbaijan's independence in the early 1990s, to his death in 2009.