During the Patriotic War he showed himself an audacious and brave aviator and a loyal son of the motherland.

He has 93 successfully executed combat missions on his tally, including 28 nighttime ones. His overall flight time is 238 hours, including 68 nighttime hours. He conducted 28 sorties entailing long-range and close-range reconnaissance of enemy ports and bases. He operated on the Odessa and Crimea sectors of the front.

The success of his combat sorties is confirmed by photographic surveys, reconnaissance information, and fellow crews who flew with him on missions to destroy enemy installations.

He has expertly mastered flying techniques and on one occasion piloted a DB-ZF aircraft on ONE engine for ONE AND A HALF hours since the other engine gave out and masterfully landed at his home airfield.

Comrade Salikov is dedicated to the Party of Lenin and Stalin and with distinction carries out leader Stalin's orders to destroy the fascist invaders.

Commanding officer of the 5th Guards Air Regiment
Hero of the Soviet Union
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Tokarev/

Military commissar of the 5th Guards Air Regiment
Guards Battalion Commissar [Major] [signed] /Zabezhansky/
August 30, 1942

During the Patriotic War Guards Captain Salikov conducted 221 combat sorties with an overall flight time of 752 hours and 40 minutes, including 93 nighttime sorties.

He reconnoitered and photographed the enemy ports of Varna, Burgas, Constanța, Sulina, Odessa, Ochakov, Nikolayev, Kherson, and others, as well as enemy airfields.

He conducted bombing raids on ports in Crimea and the Sea of Azov and on enemy troop concentrations and materiel and enemy airfields. He conducted 11 mine-laying missions. For a bombing raid on an enemy transport in Yalta harbor on September 9, 1942 he received a commendation from the fleet commander. During that strike 1 transport and 2 minesweepers were destroyed and a jetty and port installions were damaged.

As part of a group of aircraft he conducted a raid on Sevastopol naval base on March 30, 1943. During the strike several enemy transports and other watercraft were sunk and many enemy troops were killed.

For the bombing raids on Sevastopol naval base he also received a commendation from the fleet commander.

During combat operations he on one occasion returned to his base on one engine, as well as in a damaged aircraft following an attack on enemy ships.

During the Patriotic War Guards Captain Salikov's crew destroyed or damaged 1 enemy antiaircraft battery and set 1 tanker on fire. During a group raid on Crimean airfields 8 enemy aircraft were destroyed, a German staff was annihilated, 5 buildings and 12 structures were pulverized, as many as 15 large fires were caused, a fuel depot was set ablaze, a railroad bed was destroyed, 35 trucks carrying troops and cargo, 2 armored vehicles, 1 tank, and 42 carts were destroyed, and up to a battalion of enemy troops were killed.

In severe weather conditions, both during the day and at night, Captain Salikov flew missions to supply Crimean partisans with provisions and ammunition.

He is a demanding and disciplined flight leader and he uses his combat experience to train his subordinates. He is an audacious and courageous commander. His crew consists of flight navigator Guards Captain Aglotkov, aerial gunner / radio operator Guards Master Sergeant Shibayev, and aerial gunner Guards Sergeant Dovbnya.

For the bravery and courage he displayed in the fight with German fascism he deserves an award.

Commanding officer of the 5th Guards Air Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Kanaryov/
June 4, 1943