Arseny Vasilyevich Vorozheykin (; October 28 (O.S. 15) 1912 – 23 May 2001) was a squadron commander in the Soviet Air Force and fighter ace during the Second World War. He was twice awarded the USSR's highest honor, Hero of the Soviet Union, and went on to become a Major-General of Aviation. Early life Vorozheikin was born on 15 October 1912 in the village of Prokofyevo to a Russian peasant family. He completed his secondary education while living in the city of Gorodets before entering the military in 1931. Military career Vorozheykin entered the Red Army in 1931. He was initially assigned to the 17th Rifle Division, where he was sent to the town of Gorky. After being transferred to the reserve, he entered the Higher Communist Agricultural School in Gorky, but he graduated only from the first course before he reentered the military in 1934. In 1937 he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School of Pilots. From November 1937 to July 1938 he served as a junior pilot in the 53rd Bomber Regiment. He was then sent for training to become a squadron commissar, and in January 1939 he graduated from the six-month course of pilot commissars, after which he returned to the 53rd Bomber Aviation Regiment as a squadron commissar. In May 1939 transferred to the 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment, where he continued to serve as a squadron commissar. There, he participated in the battles on the Khalkhin Gol River from May to September 1939. While in Mongolia he flew approximately 100 sorties on the I-16 fighter, during which he shot down one Ki-27 by himself and gained twelve shared aerial victories. When he was withdrawn from the fighting in Khalkhin Gol, he was a squadron commissar in the 56th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Due to the start of the Soviet-Finnish War he was transferred to the 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which he served in from February to March 1940. He completed a few sorties flying the I-153 during the war. From May 1940 until July 1941 he was assigned to the 84th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Initially a deputy squadron commander, he became a squadron commander before he was transferred to the 348th Fighter Aviation Regiment, which was based in Yerevan and equipped with the I-153. World War II In August 1942 he graduated from the Air Force Academy in Chaklov. The next month he arrived at the