BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 7. Senior Lieutenant Vagif Gurbanov has been posthumously awarded the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan, TurkicWorld reports.
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has signed a corresponding decree conferring the country’s highest honorary title on the late serviceman.
Vagif Gurbanov was the first military pilot of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He was martyred on June 13, 1992.
