In 1984, Shamko graduated from the Dnipro Higher Anti-Aircraft Missile Command School of Air Defense.
[1] He graduated from Kharkiv Military University in 1999 and the National Defense Academy of Ukraine in 2006.
[4] From 2012 to 2014, Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the "West" [uk] Military Industrial Complex.
[9] In 2017, Lieutenant General Shamko was appointed Chief of Staff – First Deputy Commander of the Air Force of Ukraine.
[10][11] On August 6, 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented the "Golden Star" Hero of Ukraine to Viacheslav Shamko.