The Honorary Title "Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" (Russian: Заслуженный военный лётчик СССР) was a state military award of the Soviet Union established on January 26, 1965, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No.
It was abolished on August 22, 1988, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet No.
[3] The "Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR" chest badge was a 27-millimetre-wide by 23-millimetre-high silver-and-nickel polygon with raised edges.
At the top of the obverse, the relief inscription in three lines covered to the left "Honoured MILITARY PILOT" (Russian: ЗАСЛУЖЕННЫЙ ВОЕННЫЙ ЛËТЧИК), in the center, the gilt tombac image of a jet plane climbing diagonally towards the right its nose and tail slightly protruding over the edges, at the bottom, the relief inscription "USSR" (Russian: СССР) superimposed over a laurel branch.
[1] The badge was secured to a standard Soviet square mount by a silver-plated ring through the suspension loop.