Pavel Androsov

Pavel Vasilyevich Androsov (; 6 September 1954 – 8 March 2025) was an officer of the Soviet and later Russian Air Force. He rose to the rank of Major General and served as commander of the 37th Air Army between 2007 and 2009.

Biography Androsov was born on 6 September 1954 in Tambov Oblast, in what was then the Russian Soviet Socialist Federative Republic, in the Soviet Union. He graduated from the in 1975 and went on to serve in Long-Range Aviation units. He carried out further education and training at the Gagarin Air Force Academy, graduating in 1988, and the Military Academy of the General Staff, graduating in 2000.

Androsov rose through ranks and positions, being appointed to command a squadron, then as deputy commander of the 185th Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment, based at Poltava, in the Ukrainian SSR. He held the position until his retirement in August 2009, when the 37th Air Army was reformed as .

Androsov suffered a heart attack at his office at the Tupolev design bureau on 7 March 2025, and died the following day. He was 70. He was buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on 12 March.