Dmitry Pavlovich Oskin (Russian: Дмитрий Павлович Оськин; 25 October 1919 – 25 January 2004) was a Soviet MiG-15 pilot and flying ace during the Korean War credited with 11[1] to 19[2] solo victories.
After completing his tenth grade of school in 1937 he trained at an aeroclub and worked for a newspaper in Tbilisi before entering the military in November 1938.
[3] For most of the war Oskin was not directly on the warfront, instead working as a flight instructor and later flying with several units that were not deployed before he was sent to the front in October 1944 as part of the 863rd Fighter Aviation Regiment.
Before the promotion he scored several aerial victories, and by the time he was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union on 13 November 1951 he gained eleven solo shootdowns, plus one shared.
He rose through the ranks and went on to hold a variety of high command positions, becoming the deputy inspector-general of the air force before he retired in 1987.