Allain Tikko (1979 in Kõpu, Viljandimaa – 15 June 2009) was an Estonian warrant officer (veebel) in charge of a jagu (a small military unit) in ESTCOY-8, which had been posted in Afghanistan as a part of United Kingdom's military operations, itself a part of NATO continuing operations in Afghanistan.
Vbl Tikko began military service in 1998 in Battle School of EDF (Kaitseväe Lahingukool) and has served in the Scoutspataljon[clarification needed], the staff of the Maavägi (Ground Forces) and the operative department of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defence Forces.
Before ESTCOY-8's mission in Afghanistan, Tikko had participated in three foreign missions: he had headed a section in Kosovo in 2003 as a part of the Baltic Reconnaissance Squadron (BALTSQN) for KFOR; he had headed an infantry section of ESTPLA-9 in Iraq in 2004, and he had served in Afghanistan in 2007 in ESTCOY-4.
On early morning of 15 June 2009, vbl Tikko's squad was ambushed in about one kilometre from the Pimon patrol base in the Helmand province.
[1] Opposing combatants fired a rocket-propelled grenade upon the squad from about 400 m (1,312 ft), killing Tikko and wounding three other members of his unit.