Sulom-Beck Oskanov

Subject of my article is Sulom-Beck Oskanov

Sulom-Beck Oskanov (Russian: Суламбек Осканов, born 01/08/1943 died 02/07/1992) an Ingush aiforce major-general. Oskanov was born is Plievo, Chechen-Ingush ASSR in a peasant family, 1943. 0n 23 February 1944 together with whole Ingush and Chechen nations deported to prison camps in Kazakhstan during the operation Lentil. Returned to Chechen-Ingush ASSR, joined the air club in Grozny. Served in the USSR armed forces beginning 1962. In 1966 graduated with high honor from Kachinskoe air force school. Served in Germany. Became commander of Lipetsk center of military education in 1989. Was a friend of the first Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudayev, and the first Ingush president Ruslan Aushev. Was a test pilot of Mig-29. In 1992 while piloting Mig-29 in difficult weather during the flight the electronics malfunctioned, Oskanov was unable to eject and died in the crash. Buried in Plievo, Ingushetia. Received the Hero of the Russian Federation with gold medal.

Aftermath

 * Russian Imperial House claims that Oskanov was "the first hero of the Russian Federation".
 * One of the MiG-29S received Oskanov's name.
 * Airport in Magas, Ingushetia is named after him.

Controversy
Many people in Ingushetia believe that Oskanov's death was staged by Yeltsin's FSK (Federalnaya Sluzhba Kontrrazvedki later known as FSB) to prevent the repeat of the sequence of events in Ingushetia that happened before in Chechnya with Dzhokhar Dudayev.