Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov (Russian: Василий Васильевич Решетников; 23 December 1919 – 20 March 2023) was a Soviet pilot who served during World War II.

[1] Reshetnikov flew 307 missions, mainly as a pilot of a long-range bomber, and in the summer of 1943, received the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

[1] After World War II, he was named commander of an Aviation Division, Air Corps.

Reshetnikov was subsequently promoted to Colonel General and took command of the Long-Range Aviation branch from 1969 to 1980 and was made Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force of the Soviet Union from 1980 to 1986.

[1] Reshetnikov was born on 23 December 1919 in the city of Katerynoslav, to a family of hereditary artists and icon painters.

The first time was in February 1942, near the front line, when he bombed the Balbasovo Airfield near Orsha.

In the summer of 1946, he returned to the 183rd Guard Bomber Regiment in Uzyn, and was appointed its commander after replacing regiment commander A. Shaposhnikov, who in the early years of the war helped him master the skill of night flying.

From the years 1966 to 1971, he was a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine Audit Committee, and from 1963 to 1971 a deputy to the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR for the 6th and 7th terms.

In 2003, at the age of 83, he flew a North American B-25 Mitchell bomber at the Monino Air Show.