Igor Valentinovitch Tkachenko (Russian: И́горь Валенти́нович Ткаче́нко, July 26, 1964 — August 16, 2009) was a Russian military pilot with the rank of Colonel, Russian Knights group leader, Chief of the 237th Guards Aviation Showing Center of the Russian Air Force at Kubinka air base. He was killed in a mid-air collision whilst practicing for the 2009 MAKS Airshow.^[1][2]

Igor Tkachenko
Born	(1964-07-26)26 July 1964 Venzy Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Died	16 August 2009(2009-08-16) (aged 45) Moscow Oblast, Russia
Allegiance	Soviet Union  Russian Federation
Service/branch	Soviet Air Force Russian Air Force
Years of service	1980's - 2009
Rank	Guard Colonel
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation

He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation honorary title posthumously on August 22, 2009, and the main-belt asteroid 269390 Igortkachenko, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Leonid Elenin in 2009, was named in his memory.^[2] Naming citation was published on 19 September 2013 (M.P.C. 85018).^[3]