Sergey Vyacheslavovich Palagin (Russian: Серге́й Вячесла́вович Пала́гин; 26 March 1968, Saratov, USSR — 6 November 2020, Krasnodar, Russia) was a Russian military pilot, lieutenant colonel, and combatant during the Ossetian-Ingush conflict, First Chechen War, Second Chechen War, War of Dagestan, and Ossetian war. He was awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation in 2004.