Pilot class qualification — a professional grade level of piloting skills, commonly used for qualifying military pilots of state aviation in Ukraine and some other countries. As qualifiers used number of flight hours pilot has been reached during career in a total or on some specific type of aircraft, weather conditions pilot has been able to supersede to successfully complete missions, etc.[1][2][3][4][5]
Since 1993 and till 1998, Ukrainian heraldist Valeriy Lyakhov , supported by Ukrainian historian Maksym Tsarenko , designed heraldry of the Ukrainian Air Force, including badges and name tags for pilot class qualification identification.[6]
Since 2015,[7][8][9] in Ukraine there are next qualification classes in ascending order:
Fighter pilots' qualification classes defined as next:
3rd Class qualification receives pilots and navigators (bombardiers) with the rank of Lieutenant upon completion of study at the Ivan Kozhedub National Air Force University.[10]
Pilot with less than 150 hours commonly recognized as trainee pilots. Other aviation personnel, beside pilots, has similar scheme of class qualification.