General-Colonel Vladimir Fedorovich Korochkin was born on July 12, 1927, in Moscow, Russia.

His began his military career in 1944 as a cadet in the aviation school in Yelsk during the last year of World War II. He also attended training at the aviation academy in Frunze, Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic.

At the beginning of Korean War, General-Colonel Korochkin was assigned to the 148^th Red Banner, Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment (GFAR), 97^th PVO Fighter Aviation Division (FAD). Korochkin was a Senior Lieutenant upon arrival in the Korean Theater and promoted to the rank of Captain within four months, having completed one hundred combat sorties. Upon promotion, he was assigned as flight commander in the first squadron of the 148^th GFAR. The regiment consisted of 3 squadrons, each consisting of 3 flights. A total of 12 pilots were assigned to each squadron at a given time. The 97^th FAD was deployed in December 1951 and arrived in the Korean theater of operations on January 2, 1952, replacing the 324^th FAD. The 148^th GFAR conducted operations from airfields at Myaogou from May 5, 1952 to July 4, 1952. The regiment then conducted operations from the Mukden-West airfield.

General Korochkin is credited with shooting down two F-86 Sabre jet aircraft on March 20, 1952 and May 17, 1952.

General-Colonel Korochkin retired from active service in 1989, having attained the rank equivalent to a Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. His last assignment was as the Supreme Commander of the 16^th Air Army in East Germany. He spent his entire career as a pilot and aviation officer. He is now the Chairman of the United Union of Veterans of War and Military Service of the Air Forces of Russia.