COL.-GEN. ANATOLY KORNUKOV
COL.-GEN. ANATOLY KORNUKOV, who as an air defense commander in 1983 ordered the shooting down of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, has been appointed Chief Commander of Russia's air force. He succeeds Gen. Pyotr Dainekin.
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