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Anton Nikolayevich Shkaplerov Russian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 20 February 1972. Personal: Male, Married, One. Born in Sevastopol, Ukraine. Russian Air Force Kachinsky Air Force School,1994. Zhukovsky Air Force Institute, 1997. Russian Air Force Fighter pilot and Major in the Russian Air Force when selected for cosmonaut training. His service career included work as a senior L-39 trainer instructor pilot with the Nebesnye Hussars air group near Kubinka, Moscow. He also had flight experience on MiG-29 fighter aircraft. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Air Force Group 13 - 2003. Training Entered space service: 29 May 2003. Cosmonaut training 16 June 2003 - 28 June 2005. Bibliography and Further Reading - Becker, Joachim, http://www.spacefacts.de/, "Space Facts Web Site", . Joachim Becker's outstanding collection of facts and photos of astronauts and cosmonauts. Accessed at: http://www.spacefacts.de/.
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